Pesticides And Toxins

Mercury contamination in fish in West Bengal: summary of the findings

Mercury is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants, both in its elemental form and in chemical combination. When mercury is released into the environment it gets transformed into methyl mercury through microbial action. The methylation of mercury is a key step in the entrance of mercury into food chains. This methyl mercury is mercury in its most pernicious form.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Toxics Link
Tags:
Food Contamination, Food Adulteration, Food Additives, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Fish, Health Effects, Mercury, FAO, WHO, West Bengal, Toxins
Energy

Minister rues coal shortage in state

Dark, dark days ahead?

Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, Jan. 20: Power cuts in February are a serious possibility if coal supply does not increase, said state minister of power and non-conventional energy sources, Mr Mrinal Banerjee, today.

Publication Date: 
21/01/2009
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Coal, Energy, Thermal Power Plants, Ministry of Coal, West Bengal
Energy

 Governor shows the light

West Bengal buildings to go solar KOLKATA"s green drive takes a significant turn, with West Bengal

Publication Date: 
30/10/2008
Pujarini Sen
Down to Earth
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Energy, West Bengal, Calcutta (T)
Energy

 Methane drive

New fuel for Kolkata vehicles kolkata may soon become the first city in India to have vehicles running on methane if a deal between Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ongc), a private gas distribution company, and the West Bengal government goes through. ongc and Calcutta Compressions and Liquefaction Engineering, a Kolkata-based company, signed a memorandum of understanding on July 10

Publication Date: 
14/08/2008
MAUREEN NANDINI MITRA
Down to Earth
Tags:
Coal, Energy Policy, Energy, Natural Gas, West Bengal, Calcutta (T)
Biodiversity
Zoological Survey of India
Wildlife, Fauna, Biodiversity, Zoology, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Biodiversity
Botanical Survey of India
Flora, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Botany, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Wildlife
Zoological Survey of India
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Zoology, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Fisheries
Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institue
Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), West Bengal
Mining
Geological Survey of India
Mining, Mining Research, Geology, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Energy

Pumped storage

Pumped storage power plants help achieve maximum efficiency for the power generating system and maintain power system stability as a whole.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2008
InWind Chronicle
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Tags:
Renewable Energy, Energy, Energy Technology, Electricity, India, West Bengal

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