Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding presence of heavy metals in Delhi air, 06/02/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Heavy metals in PM 2.5 New Study reveals air quality concerns in East Delhi" appearing in the Times of India dated 29.09.2024.

The original application has been registered on the basis of the news item based upon the study conducted by the IIT, Delhi revealing detection of alarming levels of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, nickel in the air and further disclosing that in East Delhi District, chromium, copper, zinc, molybdenum and lead were the major heavy metals found in PM2.5.

Judgement Date: 
06/02/2025
Tags:
Air Quality Standards, Delhi, Heavy Metals, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Punjab, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Health

Report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on heavy metal concentrations in vegetables obtained from markets of Bengaluru city, Karnataka, 19/11/2023

Report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 685 of 2023 news item titled 'Vegetables across Bengaluru contaminated with heavy metal warns study appearing in One India dated October 25, 2023.

Judgement Date: 
19/11/2023
Tags:
Vegetables, Heavy Metals, Food Contamination, Bangalore (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects
Hazardous Waste

Progress report by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board

Progress report by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in Original Application NO. 985 of 2019 with OA No. 986 of 2019 (In Re Water Pollution by Tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh WITH In Re Water Pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat & Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh).

Judgement Date: 
21/09/2022
Tags:
Heavy Metals, Hazardous Waste, Kanpur (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Groundwater Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Environmental performance index 2022

India scored the lowest among 180 countries in this 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI), an analysis by researchers of Yale and Columbia University which provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2022
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Heavy Metals, Waste Management, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, India, Global
Water Pollution

Status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers

Metal contamination in river water is increasingly becoming common in India. Presence of metals in river water in excesses may cause a significant threat to human health and ecological systems. The present report attempts to provide the water quality scenario of Indian rivers in respect of trace and toxic metals.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2021
Central Water Commission (CWC)
Tags:
River Pollution, Heavy Metals, Water Quality, River Basin, India
Water Pollution

Report on Bellandur, Varthur and Agaram lakes in Bengaluru, Karnataka, 06/03/2020

Synopsis of the report of the monitoring committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal order of December 6, 2018 and December 18, 2019 in Original Application No. 125/2017. The matter related to pollution of Bellandur, Varthur and Agaram lakes in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Judgement Date: 
06/03/2020
Tags:
Lakes, Lake Pollution, Bangalore (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Sedimentation, Heavy Metals, Waste Disposal, Municipal Corporations, Karnataka
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding steps to control pollution of river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, 27/09/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re : Water Pollution by Tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh With In Re : Water Pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat & Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh dated 27/09/2019 control of pollution in River Ganga. The matter has been taken up on receipt of two reports dated 25.09.2019 and 26.09.2019 from Justice Arun Tandon, former Judge of the Allahabad High Court, who has been appointed as a head of a Committee to oversee the compliance of the order of the Tribunal for control of pollution in River Ganga.

Judgement Date: 
27/09/2019
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Drinking Water Standards, Textile Industry, Industrial Waste, Kanpur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh, Hazardous Waste, Heavy Metals
Water Pollution

Contaminants in Europe's seas: moving towards a clean, non-toxic marine environment

There is a shared vision to achieve clean, non toxic seas but their contamination with synthetic substances as well as heavy metals continues to be a large-scale problem in Europe. According to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report, between 75 and 96 % of the assessed area of Europe’s regional seas have a contamination problem.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2019
European Environment Agency
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Oceans and Seas, Europe, Heavy Metals, Marine Ecosystems
Health

Particulate and trace metal emission from mosquito coil and cigarette burning in environmental chamber

The objectives of this study were to characterize the emissions of indoor air pollutants from the burning of mosquito coils and cigarettes using a closed environmental chamber, to compare air pollutant emissions from different types of mosquito coils and cigarettes, which are popular in Indian market; to quantify emissions from burning of mosquito coils and cigarettes with respect to particulate matter (PM0.25, PM1.0, PM2.5, and PM10) and metals.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
Neha Khandelwal, Rahul Tiwari, Renuka Saini & et al
SN Applied Sciences
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Tags:
Indoor Air Pollution, Health Effects, Toxins, Smoking, India, Heavy Metals, Cancer, Non Communicable Diseases
Environment

Lead Poisoning: Over 150 affected children still undergoing treatment in Zamfara – NGO

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says no fewer than 150 children affected with lead poisoning in Zamfara are still undergoing treatment.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2019
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tags:
Environment, Lead, Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Children, Child Health, Nigeria, Africa

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