Depleting groundwater sources compel farmers in Gujarat to use industrial effluents for irrigation

It is a crime. Numerous factories deliberately inject untreated effluents directly into the ground, contaminating underground aquifers. Down To Earth got samples

Tishya Chatterjee , member secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board APPCB spoke to Manish Tiwari on the presence of persistent

more than one in 10 of the aquatic birds in Spain's Donana National Park are suffering from the effects of high levels of heavy metals after a toxic spill at the Los Frailes zinc mine a year

Air, water and soil: all have varying amounts of toxic heavy metals. Gradually, they are entering the human body through the food chain. Down To Earth reports on the extent of the problem in India

Heavy metals are in the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink

Indian industry depends extensively on heavy metals. Toxic emissions are but natural

The content of tin in canned food increases by 7 to 15 times in one year

Study on heavy metal toxicity is long overdue in India. But authorities concerned are yet to open their eyes to the health effects, let alone act

spain will require more than us $100 million to clean up the toxic sludge that burst from a mine reservoir and flooded rivers and farms in the southern part

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