13 October, 2004 To: Claude Alvares Member, Supreme Court Monitoring Committee Copy: Dr. B. Sengupta, Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi Download a copy of this letter in Adobe pdf format 13 October, 2004 Beginning midnight 11-12 October, the Central Pollution Control Board deployed a high-volume air sampler to get a time-weighted 24-hour average of […]
Daily Excelsior Sept 21, 2004 CHENNAI, Sept 21: The industrial area of State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) in the Cuddalore district has been declared a global toxic hotspot by environmentalists after a finding that the air in the area contained extremely high levels of at least 22 toxic chemicals including eight cancer-causing […]
123Bharath.com Sep 22, 2004 Tamilnadu, India, Chennai: Villagers around an industrial estate in Tamil Nadu are inhaling “extremely high” levels of at least 22 toxic chemicals, says a report from a community environment monitoring agency. The area around the Small Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) that houses several industries in Cuddalore district, 350 […]
Tamil Nadu – Chennai ‘Bucket brigade’ comes to check Chennai air Mar 11, 2004 THE HINDU Online edition of India’s National Newspaper By Our Staff Reporter http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/11/stories/2004031113140600.htm CHENNAI Chennaiites on Tuesday were introduced to the `bucket brigade,’ a movement of people to sample the air they breathe. Conceived by community activists in the United States, […]
Saturday, Mar 06, 2004 The Hindu Online edition of India’s National Newspaper By Our Special Correspondent CUDDALORE, MARCH 5. People of the six villages in the vicinity of the SPICOT industrial estate here were imparted training on how to monitor air-pollution and to collect air sample on a day-to-day basis with a simple and low-cost […]
Hindu Sunday Online edition of India’s National Newspaper Sunday, Dec 05, 2004 NITHYANAND JAYARAMAN A Bhopal in the making? The 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster may have passed on December 3, but it shouldn’t make us forget the emergence of potential Bhopals, says MURALI N. KRISHNASWAMY, focussing on the `SIPCOT story’ in Cuddalore. How […]
Kerala News September 22, 2004 India News, Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Villagers around an industrial estate in Tamil Nadu are inhaling “extremely high” levels of at least 22 toxic chemicals, says a report from a community environment monitoring agency. The area around the Small Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) that houses several industries […]