Radioactive waste scare
Two people were in a coma after being exposed to radiation from what was supposed to be recycled waste material, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry said yesterday. Dr Sujarit
Two people were in a coma after being exposed to radiation from what was supposed to be recycled waste material, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry said yesterday. Dr Sujarit
Though the Ministry of Environment and Forests has laid down guidelines for disposal of medical waste by hospitals, clinics and blood banks and facilitated setting up of monitoring agencies for this
The Delhi government has set up a committee to conduct surprise checks in hospitals to monitor waste disposal
Existing incinerators in Delhi hospitals are exposing the Capital to toxic fumes, with waste being poorly segregated by ill-trained and lackdaisical hospital employees. It is found that mere
Undeterred by growing scientific evidence that disposal of medical waste in incinerators releases harmful chemicals into the environment, more and more hospitals and health care establishments (HCES)
Environment NGO Srishti released its fourth survey of hospital waste management. The NGO found that hospitals were aware of the rules but were still going ahead with some disturbing
Industries must take seriously the problem created by arbitrary disposal of hazardous waste and evolve strategies to treat effluents, speakers at a conference said in Chennai on Thursday.Inaugurating
Flyash industry has asked for special fiscal incentives to promote speedy utilisation of the environmentally hazardous flyash wastes generated by the coal-based thermal power
National breast cancer screening programs are a waste of time, with dubious value in saving lives, according to a controversial article to be published in the medical journal The Lancet today. Dr
Steering Advisory Committee on environment has advised the various local government institutions in the province of Punjab (Pakistan) to impose an immediate ban on the burning of solid waste and
The metals recycling sector gave a cautious welcome to proposals by the United Nations Basel Convention on hazardous waste management and disposal for the next 10
The site of a former manufactured gas facility in Vermont (U.S) is to be cleaned up by 23 parties. The settlement requires the parties to clean up hazardous waste at the Pine Street Canal Superfund
Most of the Pakistani industry, located around major cities, is increasingly polluting natural streams, rivers and the Arabian Sea through discharging untreated toxic waste threatening human
The Delhi Environment Ministry has directed nearly 630 industrial units, which discharge industrial waste in river Yamuna, to install effluent treatment plants immediately failing which they will be
Less than a month is left for various medical and health care institutions in the city of Ludhiana to comply with the Bio-medical Waste (management and handling) Rules, 1998. But survey in two
Greater Kailash, Defence Colony, Janakpuri will be among the first 20 colonies in Delhi in which the Delhi Government is preparing to launch its door-to-door solid waste management
High levels of dioxins have been detected in dried human waste that was processed for use as manure from dredges at a sewage disposal facility in Nosecho, Osaka Prefecture, town government
A task force aimed at taking necessary steps to hand over the Valley's solid waste management job to provide sector has been formed today under the convenorship of Ministry of Local
With a view to help industries both in the manufacturing and service sectors to identify and minimize different kinds of waste generated by them and to improve their performance by elimination of
The much talked-about anti-polythene drive in Jawalamukhi (Chandigarh) faces an untimely death following the dumping of polythene waste in different areas. The uncaring attitude of citizens has