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Tuberculosis and Silicosis are killing innumerous stone quarry and mine workers in the country; both private companies and the government are flouting the law and not taking adequate preventive measures or providing compensation.

Twenty years ago, geologist Mark Crawford came out with his Toxic Waste Sites: An Encyclopedia of Endangered America, listing the 1300 Superfund sites that — as the worst pollution locations in the U.S.A. — collectively form the National Priorities List (NPL). Created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability Act, the NPL has not been addressed adequately to date, to[Read More...]

Studies suggest that air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, is linked to rising lung cancer cases among non-smokers, particularly the young & women.

The temple town of Hassan in Karnataka, hilly Pathanamthitta in Kerala and Nongstoin in the West Khasi Hills of Meghalaya have the least particulate matter in air in the country.

The National Green Tribunal had declined to intervene on a petition filed by RELA stating that the matter was sub-judice.

Nearly 1 in 5 young workers is not wearing hearing protection, finds WorkSafeBC

आगरा में एक गांव ऐसा भी है, जहां महिलाएं भले ही व्रत रखें, या ताज का दीदार कर पति की लम्बी उम्र की कामना करें, उनका सुहाग उजड़ ही जाता है।

In the last five years, 14,064 mines have been inspected out of which 3,076 were found to have violated the regulations. Notices were issued to 998 and prohibitory order

From Ma On Shan to Silvermine Bay, the city is peppered with reminders of a once-thriving underground industry. Post Magazine goes deep

Workers at the Lalmatia coal mine, where 23 miners were killed last month, say large cracks had first been spotted on excavated material in October.

As the government presses ahead with projects to transport more coal from Marmugao port to factories in Karnataka, Goans fear the impact of pollution.

Local media reports that according to the new rules, office workers must be given a five-minute break every two hours.  

 Residents in two communes of the southern province of Binh Dinh have raised a heated protest against titanium mining activities, citing pollution concerns.

In the last five years, 14,064 mines have been inspected out of which 3,076 were found to have violated the regulations. Notices were issued to 998 and prohibitory order

Campaigners celebrate victory for ‘water over gold’ after country unaninmously ushers through historic bill to end all forms of metal mining

The Philippines ordered the closure on Thursday of 23 mines, mainly nickel producers that account for about half of output in the world's top nickel ore supplier, in a government campaign to fight environmental degradation by the industry.