Workers

Brickmaking is a profit driven enterprise. At one level, it produces the basis of the built up world. But what of the hidden ecological and social costs of making a brick? vikas parashar delves into the many aspects of wha

Publication Date:

14/07/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20050715

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Coal, Biomass, Bricks, Workers, Hazardous Products, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Industry, India, Uttar Pradesh

Animal Care

Mill land boon

But can Mumbai s civic authorities use it to solve the city s land crunch?

Publication Date:

29/06/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20050630

pp:

0

Tags:

Textile Industry, Workers, Compensation, Mumbai

Mining

Organising the unorganized

The Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC) came into being over a decade ago. It works under the aegis of The School of Desert Sciences (SDS) and draw its strength from its networking partner NGO's, CBO's, experts and individuals. For a decade MLPC has been engaged in organizing mineworkers in Rajasthan, who constitute some of the most deprived sections of society.

Publication Date:

01/01/2005

Author(s): Bahar Dutt

Source: Mine Labour Protection Campaign

Tags:

Environment, Mineral-Based Industry, Minerals, Workers, Child Labour, Rajasthan, Mining

Industry

The colour of trade

Environmental provisions find mention in a free trade agreement

Publication Date:

29/09/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Trade, Workers, GATT, Legislation, Human Rights, NGO, Trade Unions, Jordan, United States Of America (US), Environment Management

Fisheries

Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala s Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

Publication Date:

14/08/2001

Author(s): Surendranath C

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pesticides, Plantation Crops, Health Effects, Cancer, Workers, Children, Blindness, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Endosulfan, Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Diseases

India

Pesticide poisoning

Kerala s tryst with pesticide related deaths continue

Publication Date:

14/08/2001

Author(s): Surendranath C

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pesticides, Tea, Workers, Women, Hazardous Products, Kerala, Idukki

India

Mercury threat

the former employees of the Hindustan Lever Limited's ( hll ) thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, are protesting against the com

Publication Date:

30/05/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Effects, Workers, Mercury, Hazardous Products, Greenpeace, India, Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal, Toxic Wastes

India

Master plan for anarchy

The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions into right actions?

Publication Date:

30/12/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Urban Development, Workers, Hazardous Industry, HI Relocation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Public Participation, Governance, Delhi, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Natural Disasters