17 February 2005 S. Gomathi, an 8-year old child studying in the 3rd Grade at Eachangadu school, vomited and fainted on 16 February after she was exposed to emissions from a nearby factory. According to Ms. Jyoti, headmistress of the school, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on 15 and 16 February, she had to […]
17 February, 2005 M. Jayamurthy, a 35-year old contract worker from Karaikadu, was injured while working at Tantech Chemicals in SIPCOT, Cuddalore. Hired by labour contractor Ganapathy of Karaikadu, Jayamurthy began work at Tantech on 2 February. On 14 February, at 11.30 a.m., Jayamurthy was shifting a bag full of red-coloured IBAP (Iso Butyl Acetophenone […]
Download this file in Adobe pdf format for printing Sources & Pollutants Pure air is made of nitrogen, oxygen, water vapour, and some other trace elements. Unpolluted air contains dust and other chemicals such as sulphur and phosphorous from natural weathering and chemical and biological processes. Air is considered to be polluted when any chemical, […]
Source: Massachusetts Department of Environment Protection Download this file in Adobe pdf format for printing Ammonium perchlorate (NH4ClO4) is an inorganic chemical widely used as an oxidizer in solid propellants for rockets, missiles and fireworks. Perchlorate is thus found in surface and ground waters around military operations, defense contracting or manufacturing facilities. Perchlorate is highly […]
Health Problems? Don’t Curse Your Fate It May Be the Poisons in the Air You Breathe Download this file in Adobe pdf format for printing Odour = Chemicals SIPCOT villagers experience bad odours everyday. In a fourteen-week period, SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors recorded 36 different kinds of smells public toilet smell, sapota fruit smell, […]
Annotated Bibliography of published studies linking Chlorine input and dioxin formation in combustion processes. Compiled by Greenpeace International as Appendix 1 to “Greenpeace Comments to the “Draft Technical Guidelines for the Identification and Environmentally Sound Management of Plastic Wastes for their Disposal” Laboratory- and Pilot-Scale Combustion Systems/Processes: Studies Relevant to the Relationship of Chlorine […]
June 2, 2002 MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 07.06.2002 AT 4.00 P.M. AT DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HALL, CUDDALORE FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT OF M/s. CHEMPLAST SANMAR LIMITED (PVC DIVISION), SEMMANKUPPAM VILLAGE, SIPCOT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, PHAST-II, CUDDALORE TALUK, CUDDALORE DISTRICT. Download this file in Adobe pdf format for printing Thiru. S. Thangaswami, […]