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Pollution takes its toll on fish

Wednesday May 11 2005 New Indian Press CUDDALORE: A huge shoal of fish allegedly fell victim to the industrial pollutants being discharged into Gadilam river, here on Tuesday. The Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation (CDCPO), an NGO, charged that effulents released from the oldest sugar mill in the state had caused the fish’s death this […]

Air in SIPCOT Cuddalore “Unfit to Breathe;” TNPCB, Industries May Violate SC deadline

  PRESS RELEASE CHENNAI, May 9, 2005 — The air in Cuddalore SIPCOT chemical industrial estate is still not fit to breathe, concluded “Gas Trouble II: Air Quality Status and Assessment of TNPCB’s Compliance to Supreme Court Monitoring Committee Order,” a new report prepared by the SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors (SACEM). A recent investigation […]

Air pollution satisfactory: TNPCB

Chennai Online Chennai, May 10: Claming that the overall picture of the ambient air quality in the Sipcot area in Cuddalore with respect to “criteria pollutants” was satisfactory, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) today said industries were presently storing hazardous wastes generated within their premises in a “safe and secured place”. Reacting to […]

Air pollution a threat to SIPCOT residents

Tuesday May 10 2005 NewIndPress CHENNAI: People living in and around the SIPCOT Industrial Estate in Cuddalore will continue breathing air with high level of toxicity if the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) persisted with its “indifferent attitude” towards the polluting industrial units there, an Air Quality and Assessment of TNPCB”s compliance to the […]

Air over industrial zone ‘unfit to breathe’

May 10, 2005 web India Chennai, May 10: The air over a chemical industrial estate in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore town is “unfit to breathe” with 12 toxic gases, all of which can affect the eyes and 10 of which harm the respiratory and nervous systems, warns a report. The study by the SIPCOT Area Community Environmental […]

Widespread air pollution in Cuddalore SIPCOT

Special Correspondent The Hindu Tamil Nadu 12 toxic gases present in air CHENNAI: The SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors (SACEM) on Monday claimed that 12 toxic gases were present in the air around the government industrial estate at Cuddalore. Hence, air in the Cuddalore SIPCOT chemical industrial estate is still not fit to breathe, says […]

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