Mercury emissions are poisoning seafood amongst the chemicals that poison fish, methyl mercury is one. An environmental pollutant, it makes its way into the ocean where it enters the food chain and is consumed by fish which are eaten by humans. In the US, 40 per cent of all human exposure to mercury is from tuna harvested in the Pacific Ocean, the northern part of which was the study

National Forum on Environment and Health (NFEH) has expressed grave concern over the fast degradation of environment in the country especially Karachi in the past 12 years which inflicted huge losses to the economy and posed threat to resources.

Company chokes water supply of 25 families in Karnataka Kamala Shetty, resident of Kuthethoor village in Mangalore, was distressed when she looked into her well on a sunny April morning. The water, she found, was laced with oil. It

In a setback to the Mayawati government, the Allahabad High Court, on Friday, asked the state government to stop construction of the eight-lane Ganga Expressway from Noida to Ballia until it gets a fresh environmental clearance.

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Federal government is planning to get rid of a two-year ban in August, imposed by European Union on the country's seafood export, as it has decided to send to EU an action plan in mid June to invite its officials for inspection of harbour, processing units and boats in mid July this year.

The federal government will soon bring about changes in its deep-sea fishing policy to protect the interests of small local fishermen, Dawn has learnt.

Accordingly, fishing zones will be separately reserved for local boats and for the operation of deep-sea trawlers. Between them, there will be an exclusive buffer zone.