FORTY years of suffering and deprivation later, victims of one of the world's worst pollution disasters were finally promised compensation in a recent settlement. An agreement was reached
The process of cryo-recycling of plastic wastes has recently been developed by Harry Rosin, director of the Hygiene Institute in Dort- round, Germany. The method uses freezing rather than
Away from human interference, the virgin Arctic islands are, ironically, more polluted than the distant industrialised settlements. And the reason is a filthy secret
A RECENT High Court ruling has put the breaks on the construction of the controversial Bakun dam. The country's High Court ruled on June 19 that the us $5.5 billion dam violated environmental
The ecodevelopment project being implemented in Gir National Park has raked up a controversy on the issue of relocation of the native Maldhari community
A company in the US has developed a new rinsing agent known as advanced vapour degreasing (AVD). AVD, a zero-ozone depletion potential process, is used to clean electronic circuits, metal parts
OUT of all known sources that pose a cancer threat to humans, mobile phone is the latest. Nearly five million people in the UK could be at risk from developing cancer or asthma by using mobile
Ariane 5's nosediving end threatens to terminate Europe's leadership of the commercial satellite industry and push forth other contenders like the US, waiting in the wings
Electromagnetic interference, due to radio waves emitted by gadgets like cellular phones can create widespread havoc. For instance, they can signal disaster by confusing aeroplane computers
