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Issue 23
March , 2010

Image for bulleted text Book: OUR TOXIC WORLD - A Guide to Hazardous Substances in our Everyday Lives

The mode of development that the world—and India—has followed has led to a situation where we are surrounded by numerous hazardous substances in our everyday lives, affecting the health of people, of other living creatures, and of the planet as a whole. Our Toxic World ...Read Full Story



Image for bulleted text Launch of mercury-free hospitals initiative and Circulation of letter by CMO (Hubli)

Toxics Link and HCWH jointly initiated the project "Hubli-Dharwad Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management" in eight HDMC Hospitals of Hubli &Dharwad cities during the year 2007-08, under the grant support of Deshpande foundation....Read Full Story




Image for bulleted text Sustainable E-waste Management

The twentieth century marked the beginning of use of equipments like radio, television and a ground breaking discovery - the first computer. Innovation and development in the field of science and technology and an open global market resulted in availability of a range o...Read Full Story



Issue 22
February , 2010

Image for bulleted text Small Grants and Fellowships 2010, Available for Work on Toxicity, Waste and Pollution in India

Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP) announces the launch of second phase of its grant program. Over next three years the program will work towards ‘securing environmental justice, especially for poor and the marginalized who are often expected to bear mo...Read Full Story



Image for bulleted text Report : CPCB gauges pollution from industrial clusters

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is on the guard against the rising pollution from industries again. CPCB has therefore taken an initiative of classifying industrial clusters based on scientific criteria and design action plans accordingly. The rise in polluti...Read Full Story



Image for bulleted text The Gandhi influence on Australian rainforests

The public lecture organized by Toxics Link, Kalpvriksh and the Australian High Commission, with environmental activist John Seed as the speaker took place on January 28th, 2010, as part of the Environment and Health Public Lecture series held on a monthly basis at Indi...Read Full Story



Image for bulleted text Commercialisation of Bt Brinjal?

Commercialisation of Bt Brinjal? “Strong views have been expressed on the Bt Brinjal issue both for and against. My objective is to arrive at a careful, considered decision in the public and national interest…I should like to make clear at the very out...Read Full Story



Issue 21
January , 2010

Image for bulleted text Environment and Health Public Lecture Series - How the Australian Rainforests were Saved - the Influence of Gandhi

The world's first direct action in defense of rainforests took place at Terania Creek in northern New South Wales Australia in 1979.Strongly influenced by Gandhi's principle of satyagraha, the actions were hugely influential and led to the NSW government's historic legi...Read Full Story



Image for bulleted text Students for Environment forum

Does climate change and the hulla balloo about it bother you?? Do you feel the need to talk about the environment? Do you want to write about it and make a difference? If yes, then contribute to the ‘Students for Environment’ forum...Read Full Story




Issue 20
December , 2009

Image for bulleted text Book Release : Half Life - Radio Active Waste in India

'Half Life' is a first comprehensive study analysis on the issue of nuclear waste in India, researched and published by Toxics Link with support from the Heinrich Boll Foundation....Read Full Story




Image for bulleted text (Reviving the petition) Open appeal to the Prime Minister by the citizens of India to eliminate lead from paints

Health of our future generations at stake, eliminate lead from paints, please sign the petition as an appeal to the Govt. to eliminate lead from paints...Read Full Story




Image for bulleted text Report : Moving Towards Mercury - Free Health Care : Substituting Mercury-Based Medical Devices in India

This document tries to present the efforts and initiatives taken so far by people fighting against the use of mercury in the Health Care Settings....Read Full Story




Issue 8
January , 2008

Image for bulleted text Delhi Government to fund mercury awareness campaign by Toxics Link in Capital's schools

In a major move towards creating awareness on the environmental and health hazards posed by mercury, the Department of Environment, Government of Delhi, and Toxics Link have entered into an agreement on an intervention programme that will extend to 50 schools here....Read Full Story




Issue 7
November , 2007

Image for bulleted text Toxics Link adds new films and publications to its outreach tools

Two new films on mercury hazard and two new factsheets have been added to the list of information resources, to reach out to new audiences with information on toxicity....Read Full Story




Issue 6
July , 2007

Image for bulleted text Landfills not a solution to Delhi's urban waste crisis: DPCC

With all the three existing landfills in the National Capital Territory of Delhi running out of capacity and the State Government announcing new sites for fresh landfills, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), a nodal environmental body for the Capital, today sa...Read Full Story



Issue 5
May , 2007

Image for bulleted text Mercury hazard in hospitals: Experiences and challenges

A meeting was held at St. Stephens Hospital in April, as an experience sharing exercise between medical professionals and Dr. Ingrid Ackerman from Swedish Doctors for the Environment coalition, on the issue of mercury management and reduction in hospitals....Read Full Story




Issue 4
March , 2007

Image for bulleted text Two-day workshop on medical, municipal waste held in Ranchi

In continuation with its efforts to generate awareness and share knowledge on the issue of medical and municipal waste management, Toxics Link, in association with Rachi-based Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra (NBJK), recently organised a two-day regional workshop in the Jharkh...Read Full Story



Issue 3
February , 2007

Image for bulleted text Documentary series to depict borderless humans and the environment in a global world

As the global environmental crisis continues to capture more and more space in our everyday communication, films are emerging as a potent means of giving this concern a cross-cultural unity by highlighting commonalities that go beyond statistics of ecological degradatio...Read Full Story



Issue 2
January , 2007

Image for bulleted text Panel discussion on Material flow and toxicity at 9th Biennial Conference of the ISEE

Toxics Link and International Institute of Industrial and Environmental Economics (IIEE, University of Lund, Sweden) conducted a panel discussion on 'Materials, Products and Waste Global flows and local environments - impacts on Developing Countries' at 9th Biennial Con...Read Full Story



Issue 1
December , 2006

Image for bulleted text Mapping a deadly hazard: Mercury in healthcare settings

Recognising the hazards posed by mercury to women, including a large number of them who work as medical staff, the European Environment and Public Health Association Environment Network EEN and the Health Care Without Harm Europe have joined forces to mobilize the heal...Read Full Story



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