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40 Yrs Since Bhopal Gas Tragedy But Authorities Still Indolent: High Court Orders Swift Disposal Of Toxic Waste From Union Carbide Factory
1 week, 5 days ago

40 Yrs Since Bhopal Gas Tragedy But Authorities Still Indolent: High Court Orders Swift Disposal Of Toxic Waste From Union Carbide Factory

Live Law  

Terming the non-removal of toxic waste from the now-defunct Union Carbide Factory site at Bhopal a "sorry state of affairs", the Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the authorities to immediately clean-up the site and take all remedial measures for safe disposal of the waste/material from the area. In doing so, the court underscored that if waste is …

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Madhya Pradesh HC Criticises Govt Over Toxic Waste Disposal Delay
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Madhya Pradesh HC Criticises Govt Over Toxic Waste Disposal Delay

Deccan Chronicle  

A division bench of the Jabalpur high court comprising Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain, while hearing a petition filed by activist late Alok Pratap Singh, warned to initiate contempt proceedings against the principal secretary of the department concerned if the deadline set by the court for disposal of the toxic waste is not met. The petition …

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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Four Decades On, Toxic Waste Still Awaits Disposal
3 weeks ago

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Four Decades On, Toxic Waste Still Awaits Disposal

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Four decades after the Bhopal gas tragedy, billed as the world’s worst industrial disaster till date, toxic wastes, stored in the shed of the now-closed Union Carbide’s pesticide plant here, are yet to be disposed of. A move to destroy the wastes was first initiated in 2005 with a trial disposal of ten of the 347 tons of toxic …

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40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, Union Carbide’s toxic waste yet to be removed
3 weeks, 1 day ago

40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, Union Carbide’s toxic waste yet to be removed

The Hindu  

Four decades after the Bhopal gas tragedy, hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste remain on the premises of Union Carbide India Limited. The Union government has released ₹126 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government to carry out plans to dispose of 337 MT of the toxic waste, which was collected and kept in the premises of the factory in 2005, …

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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Why is Madhya Pradesh disposing of toxic waste 40 years later?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Why is Madhya Pradesh disposing of toxic waste 40 years later?

Firstpost  

The Madhya Pradesh government is set to incinerate 337 metric tonnes of toxic waste stored in the closed Union Carbide facility in Bhopal, nearly 40 years after the tragedy struck. File Photo/AFP About forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Madhya Pradesh government has started the process to dispose of the 337 metric tonnes of toxic waste stored in …

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NGT takes cognisance of The Hindu article on toxic waste at Bhopal gas tragedy site
11 months, 2 weeks ago

NGT takes cognisance of The Hindu article on toxic waste at Bhopal gas tragedy site

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has taken suo moto cognisance of a report published by The Hindu that hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste on the premises of Bhopal gas tragedy site have not been disposed of by authorities, even after 39 years of the accident, leading to contamination of groundwater. Stating that the new report raises “substantial issue” relating to …

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‘337 MT of undisposed toxic waste at Bhopal disaster site’
1 year, 4 months ago

‘337 MT of undisposed toxic waste at Bhopal disaster site’

The Hindu  

Despite warnings and directions of the National Green Tribunal, 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste stored on the Union Carbide India Limited premises — the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy — is yet to be disposed of, according to a report by the Central Pollution Control Board submitted to the green court. At the meeting, Atul Narayan Vaidya, …

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Delhi: Bhalswa landfill smoulders for 2nd day, shrouds areas in toxic haze
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: Bhalswa landfill smoulders for 2nd day, shrouds areas in toxic haze

Hindustan Times  

The massive fire that broke out at Bhalswa landfill in north west Delhi on Tuesday continued for the second day, enveloping the localities around the waste mountain in a thick toxic haze, with the firefighting operation continuing till late Wednesday evening. Ayodhya Prasad Mishra, 65, a priest at a temple near the landfill, said he couldn’t sleep on Tuesday night …

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How a Suburb of San Francisco Used Cottage Cheese to Un-Poison Poisoned Land
2 years, 8 months ago

How a Suburb of San Francisco Used Cottage Cheese to Un-Poison Poisoned Land

Slate  

In 2004, Emeryville, an industrial suburb of San Francisco, sent an environmental remediation crew to inject 15,000 gallons of cottage cheese into groundwater below an abandoned factory. Emeryville’s city manager of several decades tells me the cottage cheese story with obvious delight. Much of San Francisco’s East Bay was once covered in industrial warehouses just like Emeryville’s, and those brave …

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Activists slam Europe for dumping on Africa
2 years, 8 months ago

Activists slam Europe for dumping on Africa

The Hindu  

David Kumordzi is a composer and musician based in Ghana's capital Accra. More rags than riches The continent receives an almost continuous stream of incoming containers filled with discarded items — from electronic waste to used clothing. "Other nations are getting more conscious about waste in their territories and they are rejecting toxic waste from polluting countries and suddenly Africa …

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Ocean pollution is a mix of plastic, chemicals, toxic metals and is a clear danger to human health
3 years, 10 months ago

Ocean pollution is a mix of plastic, chemicals, toxic metals and is a clear danger to human health

Firstpost  

More than ten million tonnes of plastic enter the seas every year; they are made of chemicals that interfere with hormones, cause cancer, birth defects, and reduced fertility. Ocean pollution is widespread, worsening, and poses a clear and present danger to human health and wellbeing. Ocean pollution is a complex mixture of toxic metals, plastics, manufactured chemicals, petroleum, urban and …

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How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground
4 years, 1 month ago

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground

LA Times  

No one could see it — until now The robot made its way 3,000 feet down to the bottom, beaming bright lights and a camera as it slowly skimmed the seafloor. Gen. James Simmons, famously praised the chemical as “the war’s greatest contribution to the future health of the world.” Rallying for the deep ocean is not easy, Valentine acknowledged, …

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