Cuddalore, February 14, 2008 — Living up to its reputation of being a repeat environmental offender, the common effluent collection and forwarding facility CUSECS sprung a leak near the Thamaraikulam (Lotus Pond) of Karaikadu. The leak occurred within an inspection tank built over CUSECS pipelines. The inspection tank was filled to overflowing with toxic effluents […]
March 7, 2008: Global Day of Action against Unilever Kodaikanal Seeks Justice: Appeal from ex-workers and residents Download flyer (PDF) Victims of Pollution, Injustice & Betrayal: Story of the struggle in pictures Download Photo-exhibition images & instructions Letter of Solidarity with the ex-workers & residents of Kodaikanal Download letter (DOC) Letter to the local Unilever […]
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Sanjay Pinto NDTV.com Chennai: Every morning hundreds of people in Chennai walk or jog along the Marina Beach in order to breathe, what they think is fresh air. Hardly a kilometer away an NGO has recorded an alarming level of Hydrogen Sulphide. The dangerous fume is more than a […]
12 February, 2008. CHENNAI — Levels of hydrogen sulphide, a potent neurotoxin that smells of rotten eggs, was detected at roughly 1400 to 29000 times above permissible levels at various locations within Chennai city and Manali. A steady gust of Ammonia up to 7.4 times higher than permissible levels, and a one-hour average of sulphur […]
10 February 2008 Mettur: An underground effluent pipeline suspected to be from Chemplast Sanmar was accidentally broken while laying foundation for a new railway station adjacent to the old one in RS, Mettur, in the firs week of February. The railway station is situated 100 feet away from Plant 1 of Chemplast Sanmar Ltd. On […]
PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 5th February, 2008: Thirteen national labour and labour support groups (1) today released a dossier titled A Fox in the Hen House: Made-to-order science and India’s asbestos policy that exposes how the Ministry of Chemicals, acting in collusion with the asbestos industry, is manufacturing science to back its pre-determined position to […]
Mettur, 05, February, 2008 – A massive fish kill of tilapia and an eel-like freshwater fish was reported down stream of Chemplast Sanmar’s effluent discharge point in the River Kaveri on 3rd February. The fish kill occurred in a natural rock pool called Sunambu Kuttai, about 100 meters downstream of Chemplast’s discharge point in the […]