Melbourne Water has confirmed that it tests reservoirs for contamination every month, including checks for the giardia and cryptosporidium parasites that have crippled Sydney's supply
With up to a third of Australians now using mobile phones, the Federal Government has commissioned a study to determine if they damage users' brains. With
Four of 23 people rushed to hospital after exposure to toxic fumes were under intensive care yesterday. Hundreds of students were evacuated from two Phra Pradaeng schools in Thailand after fumes
Plans by Kansai Power Electric Co. to use a plutonium-based fuel in its Takahama Nuclear Power Station may be delayed for a few years while the government-appointed Nuclear Safety Commission weighs
A planned reservoir on the upper reaches of the Nen River would have cut flooding in Heilongjiang province, the China Youth Daily said yesterday. Experts said that had the reservoir at Nirji been
Bureaucratic red tape is blocking a recycling deal that would save taxpayers' money and make use of hundreds of kilograms of garbage a day, a compost producer in Aikawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, in Japan
The Health and Welfare Ministry will carry out surveys around the country to determine levels of 100 chemical compounds, including pesticides, in major rivers to secure the safety of drinking water
Several industrial polluting units in the city have been fined by the Delhi High Court for discharging wastes of dyes, chemical and other liquid pollutants into the environment.Most of the units were
The West Bengal Chief Minister's Rs 57 crore relief fund has been completely wiped out to take on one of the most devastating floods that has been creating havoc in Malda, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur
The Environment pollution (prevention and control) authority for Delhi is considering a proposal to introduce an integrated maintenance and inspection system and a fitness certification regime for
