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Water Pollution

 Handy copper cure

A non governmental organisation uses the metal to purify water

Publication Date: 
30/03/2005
A Ramalingam
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, Water Technology, NGO, Karnataka
India

 Rs 67 crore later...

...In Kanpur s Jajmau area, chromium enters food chain. How spent is the Ganga Action Plan?

Publication Date: 
14/03/2005
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Leather Industry, Ganga Action Plan, India, Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur (D)
Water Pollution

 Bloodthirsty arsenic

Damages white blood cells

Publication Date: 
14/03/2005
Biplab Das
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, Water Quality, Arsenic, Drinking Water, Scientists, West Bengal
Water Pollution

 Political aftershock

Why Sri lanka s coastal regulations can t be effective

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Fiezal Samath
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Coastal Development, Legislation, Sri Lanka, Hotels
Environment

The Bhopal Disaster of 1984

The 20th anniversary of the Bhopal calamity fell on December 3, 2004. The world

Publication Date: 
01/02/2005
Roli Varma, Daya R. Varma
Technology & Society
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Environment, Pesticide Industry, Rehabilitation, Occupational Safety, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Hazardous Industry, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

 News snippets

• Till recently people in Southeast Sudan relied on broadcasts from the country's capital Khartoum or from London, uk for information about their own affairs. Finally a new newspaper, The

Publication Date: 
14/01/2005
Down to Earth
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Governance
Water Pollution

 South Asia

Cruel punishment: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Refugee Coordination Unit (RCU) recently stopped food distribution to 3,142 refugees in Bhutans' Jhapa refugee

Publication Date: 
14/01/2005
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Sundarbans, Refugees, Poaching, UN, Bhutan
India

 Instant data

A new device to measure wastewater pollution on-site

Publication Date: 
14/01/2005
Suresh Babu S V
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, Water Technology, Scientists, India, Delhi
Water Pollution

 Collateral risk

Seized foreign vessels pollute sea near Andaman islands

Publication Date: 
14/01/2005
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands
Water Pollution

Landfill surface runoff and its effect on water quality on river Yamuna

During 2000, the estimated quantity of solid waste generated in Delhi, India was more than 9000 tones per day. This is one of the biggest sources of environmental degradation in capital city of India. Since 1950's over 12 large landfill have been packed with all kinds of nonbiodegradable and toxic waste of Delhi. The area covered is at least 1% (14.83 square kilometer) of total Delhi's area.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2005
M. Zafar, B. J. Alappat
Journal of Environmental Science and Health
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Water Pollution, River Pollution, Yamuna, Water Quality, Solid Waste, Landfill, M. Zafar, B. J. Alappat, Journal of Environmental Science and Health

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