Issue 27
July , 2010
In keeping with the opprobrium of Mayapuri Co60 radiation and a dire need for awareness on the subject, the hazards of Radioactivity were discussed at the Environment and Health public lecture series by Toxics Link, hosted by India International on June 25th 2010....Read Full Story
Children’s jewellery is in vogue these days. In keeping with the tendency with children to suck or chew these trinkets, what if you come to know that these embellishments contain lead, a potent neurotoxin capable of IQ deficit, brain and kidney damage, gastrointestinal...Read Full Story
Issue 26
June , 2010
“We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be d...Read Full Story
Issue 25
May , 2010
The first graphic novel on environment: Our Toxic World by Aniruddha Sen Gupta and Priya Kurian as part of a project by Toxics Link was launched among an informed group at the Oxford Book Store in Delhi and Kolkata. The event found much coincidence and impetus as it was...Read Full Story
We are happy to inform that draft E-waste rules have been notified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India last week....Read Full Story
Issue 24
April , 2010
Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP) is an independent grant-making program of the Just Environment Charitable Trust and supported by the Ford Foundation. The initiative is dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the area...Read Full Story
All Central Government Hospitals and health centres have been advised to gradually phase out mercury containing equipments (thermometer, BP Instruments etc.) and replace them with good quality non-mercury equipments, in order to prevent the toxic effects of mercury o...Read Full Story
 Fish is a major nutrient and a diet for many in West Bengal. What if this popular human food is found to be contaminated with mercury, due to the contaminant’s presence in fresh water bodies and lakes in the state of West Bengal?...Read Full Story
Issue 23
March , 2010
 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
 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
 '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
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
 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
 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
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
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
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
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
 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
 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
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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