Pond’s Hindustan Lever Ltd Ex-Mercury Employees Welfare Association Thiraviyam Complex, Kamarajar Road, Moonjikal, Kodaikanal – 1 March 5 2006, KODAIKANAL –– More than 300 people demonstrated today to mark the 5th anniversary of the struggle for environmental clean-up and health rehabilitation against Hindustan Lever Ltd, whose mercury thermometer factory was exposed in 2001 to have […]
Cuddalore, 6 March, 2006 – The Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board at 4.30 p.m. issued closure orders and disconnected the electricity to Tagros Chemicals, a manufacturer of synthetic pyrethroids, a class of highly toxic pesticides. The company, which is located in Pachaiyankuppam village, had expanded capacity illegally, and was manufacturing and exporting products that it was […]
Ex-workers Mark 5 Years of Struggle Against HLL 05 March, 2006 — More than 300 people demonstrated today to mark the 5th anniversary of the struggle for environmental clean-up and health rehabilitation against Hindustan Lever Ltd, whose mercury thermometer factory was exposed in 2001 to have caused widespread pollution within and outside its factory. The […]
Cuddalore, 28 February, 2006 — After repeated complaints to the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, Southern Pigments has repeatedly been shut down by the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board. However, it is not clear whether the Board will prosecute the company for operating the factory without valid consent or authorisations. The Environmental Protection Act, 1986, empowers the […]
Cuddalore, 18 February 2006 – The residents of SIPCOT Cuddalore observed a day long hunger strike in Cuddalore Old Town in opposition to the poroposed Chemplast Sanmar PVC plant in Cuddalore. More than 50 persons, mostly from Sangolikuppam village of SIPCOT observed the fast. There have been numerous protests and opposition against the proposed PVC […]
Cuddalore, 26 February, 2006 — SIPCOT monitors reported on 26 February 2006 that Southern Pigments continued to operate illegally despite assurance by the District Environmental Engineer of the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board that closure order would be given to the company immediately. Monitors lodged a complaint with the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board on 18 February […]
Cuddalore, 27 February, 2006 — Inland fisherfolk who fish in the River Uppanar are reporting a marked increase in river pollution over the last 6 months. “We have been noticing an increase in various kinds of diseases afflicting the fish. Things had improved after the 2002 Pioneer incident, and particularly after the first Local Area […]