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Mercury: Latest & deadlier threat

8 Jan 2009, 1507 hrs IST
As if global warming was not alarming in itself, add one more sinister threat to the list -- mercury pollution.

Delhi to launch drive to check pollution

8 Jan 2009, 0901 hrs IST
The Delhi Government will launch a special drive to take stringent actions against the polluting commercial vehicles coming from the National Capital region and plying in Delhi.

Pollution could destroy world's future: Pope

7 Jan 2009, 0824 hrs IST
Pope Benedict XVI is warning that pollution in the world could destroy our present and our future.

1 in 5 considering leaving Hong Kong due to pollution

6 Jan 2009, 0946 hrs IST
One in five Hong Kong residents is considering leaving the city because of its dire air quality, a survey has found, raising fears over the financial hub's competitiveness.

'Birth control pills up pollution'

5 Jan 2009, 0000 hrs IST
The contraceptive pill is polluting the environment and is in part responsible for male infertility, a report in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said.

Lead for car batteries poisons an African town

5 Jan 2009, 0807 hrs IST
The tragedy of Thiaroye Sur Mer gives a glimpse at how the globalisation of a modern tool - the car battery - can wreak havoc in the developing world.

Metals pollute waters near US coal ash spill

5 Jan 2009, 0741 hrs IST
Preliminary water tests from rivers near a huge coal ash spill in Tennessee show elevated levels of pollutants such as mercury and lead.

Beijing's New Year resolution: scrap polluting cars

2 Jan 2009, 0000 hrs IST
Beijing, beset by choking traffic and heavy air pollution, will take more than 350,000 high-polluting vehicles off inner city streets from Thursday.

Jan 31 deadline to remove Bhopal gas waste

30 Dec 2008, 1119 hrs IST
The Madhya Pradesh High Court had set a Jan 31, 2009 deadline to remove the poisonous waste from the plant site.

Pollution solutions for telecom base stations

29 Dec 2008, 0722 hrs IST
Luminous Teleinfra is offering green solutions for telecom base stations that promises to help operators reduce pollution as well as operating expenses.
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