Environment

Deal Done, Clean Up Remains

CHENNAI: With Hindustan Unilever and the workers of its erstwhile thermometer factory in Kodaikanal finally reaching an agreement, the focus has now shifted to the other major concern – cleaning up

Publication Date: 
10/03/2016
S V Krishna Chaitanya
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Industrial Pollution, Mercury, Environmental Security, World Bank, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Environment, Ecosystems
Air Pollution

Supreme Court backs EPA this time, refuses to block controls on toxic mercury

A month after it hobbled the Obama administration’s signature regulation on climate change, the Supreme Court declined Thursday to block a different air-pollution rule that seeks to cut toxic emiss

Publication Date: 
04/03/2016
Washington Post
Tags:
Air Pollution, Mercury, Supreme Court, United States Of America (US), Air Pollution Control, Energy, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

El Niño–Southern Oscillation influence on tropospheric mercury concentrations

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) affects the tropospheric concentrations of many trace gases. Here we investigate the ENSO influence on mercury concentrations measured in the upper troposphere during Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrumented Container flights and at ground at Cape Point, South Africa, and Mace Head, Ireland. Mercury concentrations cross-correlate with Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) with a lag of 8 ± 2 months.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2016
Franz Slemr, Carl A. Brenninkmeijer, Armin Rauthe-Schöch & et al
Geophysical Research Letters
1-6
Tags:
El Nino, Mercury, South Africa, Rainfall, Atmosphere, Atmosphere Science
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

High sediment mercury level in Artic: Study

There is a high sediment mercury levels in Artic which is more prone for pollution in the region, a recent study has revealed.

Publication Date: 
24/02/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mercury, Atmosphere, Pollution, Industrial, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
Water Pollution

Industrial zones polluting water with chemicals

HA NOI (VNS) — Many industrial zones nationwide failed to operate their waste treatment systems properly and have dumped large amounts of industrial waste with high levels of toxic chemicals into t

Publication Date: 
23/02/2016
Vietnam News
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Water Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Leakages, Vietnam, Environment, Hazardous Waste, Total Dissolved Solids, Mercury, Arsenic, Heavy Metals
Environment

Mercury management for sustainable development

This brochure summarizes the interim results of UNDP’s work in protecting human health and the environment from mercury in support of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, illustrates linkages with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and charts the way forward.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2016
UNDP
Tags:
Mercury, Sustainable Development, Minamata Convention, Health Effects, Environment, India, Global, Ecosystems, Environment Management
Energy

Draft Scheme for controlling of mercury containing CFL vide NGT order dated 01/12/2015 in OA NO.188/2014

Draft Scheme for Control Mechanism of Mercury contained Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) as per the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal Order dated 01.12.2015 in OA No. 188/2014 in the matter of Toxics Links Vs. Union of India and others. In OA No.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2016
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
CFL, Mercury, National Green Tribunal (NGT), India
Mining

Illegal Mining Costs Colombia 13 Billion Liters of Water a Year

BOGOTA – The Colombian national ombudsman’s office said that even as the Andean nation suffers a drought, illegal mining activity annually contaminates 13 billion liters (3.4 billion gallons) of wa

Publication Date: 
10/02/2016
Latin America Herald Tribune
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Mining, Illegal Trade, Colombia, Water Resources, Water Pollution, Mercury, Ecology, Deforestation
Air Pollution

Long-term PM2.5 exposure and neurological hospital admissions in the Northeastern United States

Long-term exposure to fine particles (particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm; PM2.5) has been consistently linked to heart and lung disease. Recently, there has been increased interest in examining the effects of air pollution on the nervous system, with evidence showing potentially harmful effects on neurodegeneration.

The researchers objective was to assess the potential impact of long-term PM2.5 exposure on event time, defined as time to first admission for dementia, Alzheimer’s (AD), or Parkinson’s (PD) diseases in an elderly population across the northeastern United States.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2016
Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Joel D. Schwartz, Marc G. Weisskopf & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
124
1
23-29
Tags:
PM 2.5, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Neurology, United States Of America (US), Aged, Mental Health, Mercury
Environment

They told us jaggery would protect us from asthma

Workers at coal-based power plants in Delhi are suffering from asthma, bronchitis, or TB; industries account for 11 per cent of Delhi’s air pollution.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2015
Sweta Goswami
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Asthma, Tuberculosis (TB), Nitrogen Dioxide, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Mercury, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Environment

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