Download this report in Adobe pdf format Following are odour characteristics and odour thresholds for chemicals found in SIPCOT air in September 2004. Acetaldehyde Pungent, suffocating odor that is slightly fruity when diluted. Recognition in air= 2.1×10-1 ppm (chemically pure) Odor low: 0.0002 mg/cu m; Odor high: 4.14 mg/cu m A wide range of values […]
Date: Oct. 13, 2004 Download a copy of this report in Adobe pdf format This is a reply to request of information about gases from Landfill where mycelium sludge is dumped (from penicillin production) Bone meal production process. This also includes information about the potential health effects of the gases causing the bad odors […]
SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors Joint project of The Other Media, FEDCOT, Global Community Monitor and monitors from Eachangadu, Sangolikuppam and Semmankuppam Press Release Download a copy of this release in Adobe pdf format Cuddalore, 7th August 2004: SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors recorded at least 283 incidents of chemical odour pollution, including 223 […]
PRESS RELEASE Download a copy of this release in Adobe pdf format 10 JULY, 2003. CUDDALORE Confirming the widespread presence of pollution-induced impacts on the lives, health and livelihoods of villagers living in and around Cuddalore SIPCOT industrial estate in Tamilnadu, India, the Indian Peoples Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights recommended strict enforcement of […]
Download this factsheet in Adobe pdf format Summary: Pandian Chemicals proposes to manufacture Ammonium Perchlorate, a highly explosive chemical used as an ingredient in solid rocket fuel. Besides exposing local communities and workers to the hazards of an explosion, the companys product also poses a serious threat of contamination of groundwater with perchlorates. Exposure to […]
Press Release Sept 17, 2004 New Report: SIPCOT, Cuddalore, A Global Toxic Hotspot for Air Pollution Toxic Air Monitoring a First for India – Using Community Monitors, Simple Buckets CUDDALORE, 17 September, 2004 — Samples of air that SIPCOT residents breathe were found to contain extremely high levels of at least 22 toxic chemicals, including […]
PRESS RELEASE SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors Joint project of The Other Media, FEDCOT, Global Community Monitor and monitors from Eachangadu, Sangolikuppam and Semmankuppam Download a copy of this release in Adobe pdf format CUDDALORE, 7 September, 2004 SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors, FEDCOT and The Other Media demanded that the public hearing for pesticide […]