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 is an effort to shine a keen light on these substances, and suggest alternatives that will allow readers to improve the physical quality of their lives and of their environment.

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 Quotes from the Earth : Environmental Film Festival (Hubli)
Toxics Link in partnership with health care without harm(HCWH) organised Quotes from the earth - An Environmental film festival on 10 Feb 2010 at Hubli.

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  Toxics Dispatch 37 (English)
Huge amount of electronic waste is generated by discarded mobile phones in India. The Indian mobile phone market adds almost 10 million annual subscribers. Every year 35 million mobile phones are discarded, creating 5000 tonnes of electronic waste in the country. The environmental crisis stems from the fact that mobile phones contain a number of carcinogenic and hazardous compounds that pollute air, soil and water

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 Sustainable E-waste Management
By Satish Sinha
Published in Toxics Link
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 of products at affordable prices, changing the very lifestyle of societies.

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  Plan around the Trees and not without them
By Suman S. Shanker
Published in Toxics Link
While we are all ecstatic about the plans for new High Capacity Bus System, flyovers and expansion of the Delhi Metro railway network, the BRT and the infrastructure upgrade for the commonwealth games, the large forest cover of Delhi is depleting at an alarming rate.

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 Zero waste Community: Not a dream, but a reality.
By Bindu Milton
Published in Toxics Link
With the successful completion of three yearlong projects on zero waste management Toxics Link (TL), has proved that waste is not something to waste but to use wisely. The article takes an overview of TL’s three yearlong project on Zero waste management.

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