Cuddalore, 14 January 2008 – In an another incident, the SACEM monitors reported Victory Chemical’s hazardous waste strewn around outside its premises. The waste was in the form of bricks that were thrown on the land outside the factory unit. SACEM monitors discovered the waste during their pollution patrol in the afternoon and immediately […]
Cuddalore, 14 January 2008 – SACEM monitors found the CUSECS II sump near the 5th cross road of SIPCOT complex flooded with effluents during a routine pollution patrol today afternoon. According to the monitors the sump was flooded due a leak in the valves. There was also a threat that the effluents would have […]
PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format 4 January, 2008.CHENNAI — At least 26 toxic volatile organic chemicals and sulphur gases including carcinogenic benzene and bromomethane were found in an air sample taken in Manali several hours after the gas leak of December 4-5, 2007. Of the 26 chemicals, the 11 […]
5 January 2008 Staff Reporter The Hindu Chennai: Four out of 11 chemicals detected in a sample of gas that leaked in Manali on December 4 and 5 were found to be above limits prescribed by environmental standards, according to Community Environmental Monitoring (CEM), a Chennai-based voluntary initiative for pollution control. CEM had the […]
31 December 2007 A Kannan has been feeling dizzy with fever for days, his limbs are shaky. He has come to the government hospital in Tamil Nadu’s coastal Cuddalore town with others from nearby Kudikadu village with similar complaints. A common scene in a hospital. But the shock comes when one begins counting. Seventy people […]
Cuddalore, 27 December 2007: Pondicherry Alum and Asian Paints were caught red handed releasing illegal effluents in two separate incidents in SIPCOT Cuddalore. On 25 December brick colour effluent was released from Pondicherry Alum unit into a neighbouring canal. The pool of effluent collected in the agricultural land in the western side of the unit […]
Mettur, 27 December 2007 – Less than a month after Chemplast Sanmar released its Sustainability report which highlights the company’s pro-active measures to ensure that its business practices safeguard the environment, the company has been plagued with numerous safety lapses and allegations of pollution by its host community in Mettur. Gonur West Agriculturists Development […]