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Mercury pollution in Sonbhadra 6 times the permissible limit: CSE

LUCKNOW: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Friday demanded imposition of moratorium on new industrial or power projects in Sonbhadra district considering the alarming levels of mercur

Publication Date: 
20/10/2012
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Sonbhadra, CSE, Mercury, Singrauli (D), Thermal Power Plants, Sunita Narain, Heavy Metals, Food Safety, Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS)
Environment

CSE finds frightening levels of mercury in Sonbhadra region

District houses thermal power plants, coal mines, chemical factory

The Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh is precariously perched on the threshold of an environment disaster with a new study having found high levels of mercury in the environment as well as in the bodies of local residents. Sonbhadra, which is co-terminous to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar, is the second largest district in the State after Lakhimpur Kheri.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2012
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Sonbhadra, Singrauli (D), Mercury, Pollution, Health Effects, Groundwater Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Coal, CSE Study, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Sunita Narain, CSE, Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mining, Chemical Industry, Environment
Mining

Countering coal

This report exposes the environmental damage and human rights violations against tribal and other forest dwellers in the forests of Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh, that are under threat from the Indian government’s massive coal expansion programme.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2012
Kanchi Kohli, Ashish Kothari, Priya Pillai
Greenpeace India
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Coal, Mining, Forest Rights Act 2006, Madhya Pradesh, Tribals, Forest Resources, Singrauli (D)
Health

Mercury pollution in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh and its health impacts

A study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, has found high levels of mercury in the environment as well as bodies of local people in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh’s second largest district.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2012
Centre for Science and Environment
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Mercury, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, Health Effects, CSE Study, Coal, Singrauli (D), Mining, Madhya Pradesh, Thermal Power Plants, Industrial Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Arsenic, Fluoride, Water Pollution, Air Pollution
Mining

Influence of interplanted species on N and P resorption efficiency of companion species in mixed plantations of various species combinations raised on mine spoil

Influence of interplanted species on N and P resorption efficiencies of companion species was studied in mixed plantations of various species combinations raised for revegetation of coal mine spoil.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2011
Arvind Singh
Indian Journal of Forestry
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1
111-116
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Mining, Coal, Soil Capability, Singrauli (D), Mining Waste, Legumes, Flora
Health

Guidance and awareness raising materials under new UNEP mercury programs (Indian scenario)

Mercury distribution in the environment has been a focus of scientific attention because of the potential health risks posed by mercury exposure.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2003
R.C.Srivastava
UNEP
Tags:
Mercury, Health Effects, India, Pollution, Groundwater, Singrauli (D), Madhya Pradesh, Thermal Power Plants, Environment

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