23 May, 2011. CUDDALORE — In two separate incidents separated by a few hours today, one foreman was killed and two workers injured inside TANFAC’s chemical factory in SIPCOT, Cuddalore. One worker was injured during routine maintenance work, when the floor of the building he was working in collapsed. In a second incident that happened […]
24 May 2011 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: A foreman of TANFAC Industries Ltd here was killed, and a contract worker injured, in a freak mishap on Monday. They were replacing an old tank with a new one when an overhead pipeline fell on them. They lost balance and fell into the new tank. They […]
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 118 INORGANIC MERCURY This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, or the World Health Organization. Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment […]
This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization, or the World Health Organization. Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 50 ELEMENTAL MERCURY AND INORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS: HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS […]
Mettur, 06 May, 2011 Raising questions about Chemplast’s much publicised claims of Zero Discharge, the Gonur West Agriculturists Development Union on 4 May, 2011, discovered and reported what appeared to be illegal discharge of effluents from the company’s PVC plant in Mettur. The discharge, which was detected at around 2 p.m., was attributed to […]
05 May 2011 Gokul Chandrasekar Express News Service CHENNAI: Responding to an Express article titled “TNPCB fudged data to push for moratorium lift in Cuddalore”, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that the Cuddalore moratorium was lifted solely based on an action plan submitted to the ministry by the TNPCB. He […]
Apr 30, 2011 Times of India Chennai: Environmental activists are protesting against the lifting of the moratorium on setting up of new industrial units in Cuddalore, rated as one of the most polluted industrial clusters in India. Claiming that violations were still taking place, the SIPCOT Community Environmental Monitoring (SACEM), an NGO, on Friday […]