Issue 8
January 05, 2008
 While the urban municipal waste continues to grow into a bigger mess each passing day, community driven and managed waste management systems give hope for a sustainable solution. Such initiatives not only address the issue of clean and hygienic neighbourhood, but also of reducing dependence on the landfills. Here is a success story from Delhi's Defence Colony.
Issue 7
November 27, 2007
 Though the media and civil society reacted with concern to a recent study revealing dangerous levels of lead in household paints, the paint industry showed little inclination to even notice this issue. Thus making it clear that lead-free paints would be made available to Indian consumers only when an enforceable legislation is put in place, says Parvinder Singh
Issue 6
July 23, 2007
 If there is one product that has come to symblolise the ease with which an individual consumer can make a contribution in towards reducing global warming, it is the Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL). But a growing section of experts and activists has dared to question the wisdom of a mass shift to CFLs without taking into account its dependence on mercury, writes Parvinder Singh and says there is more to it than a mere change of bulbs.
Issue 5
May 08, 2007
 Projects like the High Capacity Bus Service based on dedicated corridors, need to be fully supported for their ability to transport over 10,000 office goers per hour in buses, both for their transport efficiency as well as carbon saving, but they also need to limit road space for cars, not merely expand the corridor. Roadside trees are equally important to pedestrians and cyclists since no one will use a concrete walkway in the mid-summer heat if it has no shade. Yet transport planners do not currently consider the idea of a dedicated tree line, even if it may seem logical, says Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link.
Issue 4
March 12, 2007
 The mismanagement of solid waste in urban areas poses a grave threat to public health and the quality of life of people living in those areas. Up to now there has been no comprehensive policy in India that deals with the whole cycle of waste management from production at household level to collection and disposal, writes Prashant Pastore, Senior Programme Coordinator, Toxics Link.
Issue 3
February 08, 2007
 Two recent studies have once again highlighted the clear and present risk of mercury exposure to medical staff and patients in everyday healthcare settings. While one reinforces the global impact of mercury as a contaminant, the other shows its specific threat in the Indian context. Parvinder Singh sums it up.
Issue 2
January 06, 2007
 Asia's urban population is dying a slow death. The very economic growth that made the Asian developmental dream very real and palpable is now threatening to choke it as well, writes Parvinder Singh.
Issue 1
December 06, 2006
 Approximately 150,000 tons of e-waste is generated in India annually and almost all of it finds way into the informal sector for recycling at a monumental environmental and health cost. This trend is likely to increase manifold in proportion to the growth in the electronics industry, writes Satish Sinha.
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