PRESS RELEASE CHENNAI, May 9, 2005 — The air in Cuddalore SIPCOT chemical industrial estate is still not fit to breathe, concluded “Gas Trouble II: Air Quality Status and Assessment of TNPCB’s Compliance to Supreme Court Monitoring Committee Order,” a new report prepared by the SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors (SACEM). A recent investigation […]
Chennai Online Chennai, May 10: Claming that the overall picture of the ambient air quality in the Sipcot area in Cuddalore with respect to “criteria pollutants” was satisfactory, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) today said industries were presently storing hazardous wastes generated within their premises in a “safe and secured place”. Reacting to […]
Tuesday May 10 2005 NewIndPress CHENNAI: People living in and around the SIPCOT Industrial Estate in Cuddalore will continue breathing air with high level of toxicity if the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) persisted with its “indifferent attitude” towards the polluting industrial units there, an Air Quality and Assessment of TNPCB”s compliance to the […]
May 10, 2005 web India Chennai, May 10: The air over a chemical industrial estate in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore town is “unfit to breathe” with 12 toxic gases, all of which can affect the eyes and 10 of which harm the respiratory and nervous systems, warns a report. The study by the SIPCOT Area Community Environmental […]
Special Correspondent The Hindu Tamil Nadu 12 toxic gases present in air CHENNAI: The SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors (SACEM) on Monday claimed that 12 toxic gases were present in the air around the government industrial estate at Cuddalore. Hence, air in the Cuddalore SIPCOT chemical industrial estate is still not fit to breathe, says […]
Chennai Online Chennai, May 9: The air over SIPCOT Chemical Industrial Estate at Cuddalore is unfit to breathe, with seven of the 12 toxic gases released by factories seriously violating one or more US standards for safe ambient air, according to a second study released today by the SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors (SACEM). The […]
Jaya Menon in Chennai The Statesman May 9. Activists in Cuddalore, about 200 km from Chennai, have demanded severe action against the chemical industries housed in the SIPCOT industrial area here for spewing toxic pollutants in the air making it “unfit to breathe in”. The SIPCOT Area Community Environment Monitors (SACEM), an organization with members […]