ARSENIC CONTAMINATION
Arsenic has entered the food chain of the Bangladeshis through irrigation systems used to grow grain, say health experts. "It is not only the ill- effects of arsenic (from drinking of water) but also
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Alarming dip
west Bengal is all set to pass a bill to check illegal tapping of groundwater by residents of highrises in Kolkata. The West Bengal Water Resources Conservation, Protection and Deve lopment
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Ecologically mindless
The flush toilet system and the sewage system, which goes with modern day personal hygiene and cleanliness, are part of the environmental problem and not the solution. Consider the huge amount of clean water that is used to carry a small quantity of human
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INDIA
• The Supreme Court recently slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the Union environment ministry for showing laxity in probing the disappearance of huge quantity of hazardous waste oil from major
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THAILAND
In a bid to break the impasse over the Thailand-Malaysia gas pipe line project, the Thai government has asked local oil and gas company ptt Plc to assess opposition to the project and decide on
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GUATEMALA
Alarmed at the recent cane burning, president Alfonso Portillo has announced that he would send inspectors to evaluate environmental damage caused by such fires. Even though the minister did not
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Tourist revulsion
Steeped in pollution, Ranchi lake is no more a crowd puller
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Missouri dying
degradation of the natural Missouri river ecosystem is clear and continuing, says a new report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Chairperson of the committee
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CAMBODIA
Poachers are the main threat to the survival of Cambodia's declining elephant and tiger populations, say conservationists. In fact, 100 wild elephants, tigers, leopards and rare bears have been
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ARGENTINA
Clive James, president of the Inter national Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (isaaa), says that Argentine crop area planted with genetically modified (gm) seeds will rise
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Coat of arms
The hygiene secrets of pilot whales might hold the key to ecofriendly paint for ships. It seems the whales have specially adapted skin that repels would be hangers-on. A team of researchers from the
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Planned pollution
greens are seeing red at the proposed plan of Israel to dump treated factory wastewater into the Mediterranean Sea. For many years now, industrial effluents have been finding their way into the
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Truth or dare
By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an <font class='UCASE'>ngo</font> for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed double honours
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INDIA
• For effective development and utilisation of its natural resources, the Orissa government intends to draft a mineral policy soon. Along with this, the state also wants to formulate a gems
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KENYA
A fortnight after poachers killed four endangered black rhinos in southeastern Kenya, the Kenya Wildlife Service (kws) claimed that it had arrested one person in possession of three fresh-looking
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JAPAN
The dismantling of the country's first nuclear power plant has got underway. Japan Atomic Power Co is carrying out the closure work of the plant located in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture. The 166,000
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CHINA
An emergency fund to pay for forest protection is in the pipeline in China. According to the Chinese government, the first stage will involve a one-billion-yuan package supplied by the Finance
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BRAZIL
The oil spill near Rio de Janeiro's scenic Guana bara Bay, a few weeks ago, is not as minor as it was reported to be. The magnitude of the spill is coming to the fore only now as environmental
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CONFISCATION POWER
The Sup reme Court recently ruled that forest authorities are entitled to confiscate not only illegally felled timber but also implements and tools used for illegal activities. Allowing the appeal
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In through the backdoor
The WTO rules in favour of unilateral and extra jurisdictional action, based on environmental concern