CHENNAI: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked Kamarajar port to stop dredging activities temporarily, until the expert committee, constituted to investigate the e

A ground-breaking global convention on mercury today goes into effect, the United Nations environment wing said, protecting millions of children and infants from possible neurological and health da

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ban the production and trade of a range of products containing mercury by 2020, including thermometers and blood pressure monitors, and ban primary mercury mining by

Mining companies commit environmental crimes such as contamination of water bodies with chemicals such as cyanide and mercury and air pollution caused by blasting and chimney smoke

HYDERABAD: Castor oil also known as ‘Arandi ka tel’ in Hindi and ‘Amudham’ in Telugu has been an age old home remedy for a variety of ailments in India but the castor bean plant has another use whi

THE challenge of lead pollution in Kabwe has been exaggerated as information publicised by some international organisations suggests that Central

There is a 71 per cent chance that the coat of paint on your house wall contains dangerously high amounts of lead, a new report says.