Cuddalore, 21 November 2012: (UPDATE AT 4:00 pm) A major fire is reported from the premises of Arkema Peroxide in the SIPCOT Industrial Complex. According to SACEM the fire broke out in Arkemas storage area at about 2.30 pm today. The alarm from the unit alerted the monitors and the villagers. The monitors reported thick […]
Press Release Download press release in pdf format for printing. 27 October 2012, Chennai: High levels of toxic heavy metal laden dust were found in an air sample taken at Kodungiyur MLA Mr. A. Soundararajan’s house in February 2012. Two air samples taken from two homes including the MLA’s in the vicinity of the dumpyard […]
Press Release Chennai, 29 October 2012: More than 1000 residents from Kodungaiyur and surrounding areas formed a human chain to protest against the illegal waste dumping and burning at Kodungaiyur in north Chennai. The chain stretched for more than 3 kilometres from Kannadasan Nagar Bus Depot to the gates of the dumping grounds. The participants […]
October 28, 2012 Times of India CHENNAI: In April, members of the Community Environmental Monitoring, an environment NGO, said reports from a US-based laboratory showed the air quality in Kodungaiyur was poor. On Saturday, armed with another report, also from a US-based laboratory, on the nature of dust particles in the air in the […]
October 28, 2012 Special Correspondent THE HINDU Kodungaiyur residents will organise a human chain on Monday to protest dumping of unsegregated garbage by the Chennai Corporation. Addressing a press meet on Saturday, Perambur MLA, A. Soundararajan, said every house had been asked to send one member to represent the family in Kodungaiyurs ‘war […]
Oct 29, 2012 Sruthisagar Yamunan and Yogesh Kabirdoss A study by a Chennai-based group has brought back the focus on communities living around garbage dumpyards. While noxious gases and pollutants pose severe health hazards, official bodies pass the accountability buck. In May this year, Masilamani (41), a resident of a housing board colony bang […]
Oct 29, 2012 Sruthisagar Yamunan and Yogesh Kabirdoss The New Indian Express What do the numbers that study after study throw up near dumpyards, really mean as far as health risks are concerned? The United States Environmental Protection Agency has spelt out in clear terms the effects of long-term exposure to high levels of […]