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E-Waste Management in Gurgaon
New Delhi , 15/12/2011
By Toxics Link
Gurgaon, Dec 15, 2011: Gurgaon, in last decade or so, has emerged as a major business center, being part of the National Capital Region. Many corporates, business houses, including BPOs, Banks, IT companies have their office in Gurgaon, which is now one of the India’s prime information technology and IT-enabled service hubs.
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Is Andhra Pradesh ready for managing E-Waste?
Hyderabad , 24/11/2011
By Toxics Link
Hyderabad, November 24, 2011: Andhra Pradesh, one of the largest E-waste generating states in India, will need to come with definite plans and initiatives to manage effectively the huge amount of electronic waste in the state. This was discussed during a workshop organised in the capital city by Toxics Link, an Environmental NGO Delhi, to create awareness among the different stakeholders in the city. The workshop was attended by more than 100 participants from IT companies, educational institutions, government bodies and civil society organisations. The workshop, done in association with Guide Foundation for Development, focused on the E-waste Rules and its implications for all users, including corporate and individuals.
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Indian CFL industry puts consumers at risk with very high levels of Mercury
New Delhi , 29/09/2011
By Toxics Link
New Delhi, September 29, 2011: CFL bulbs have made inroads into the Indian lightning market on a huge scale. The fact that they are energy saving and have the potential of reducing approximately 40% energy demands globally has triggered the momentum. However, their energy saving character has diluted an equally important issue – the issue of mercury, an integral element of all CFLs and its end of life management needs to be addressed urgently.
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New Study reveals Recyled Plastic Products are Contaminated with Deadly Chemicals
New Delhi, 26/08/2011
By Toxics Link
Modern plastic products are an integral part of our daily life. In India approximately 8 million tones of plastic products are used every year (2008). However they contain many toxics chemicals.
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India now officially open as e-waste 'dump' destination
New Delhi , 01/08/2011
By Toxics Link
In a bizarre move, the Ministry of Environment and Forests reverses its proposal to ban import of E-waste in India.
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Indian companies continue production and marketing of toxic paints in neighboring countries
New Delhi , 29/06/2011
By Toxics Link, CEPHED & ESTO
New Delhi, June 29, 2011: Do Indian paint companies continue to produce and market their toxics leaded paints to the neighboring countries, even as they phase it out in India? Toxics Link’s latest report on lead in paints, titled ‘Double Standard - Investigating Lead Content In Leading Enamel Paint Brands In South Asia’, that studied 27 paint samples of common major brands from Nepal, India and Bangladesh for their lead content shows exactly this:
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Hazardous waste in living room floor
New Delhi , 27/04/2011
By Toxics Link & IPEN
There is potential threat from the carpet pads as these contain dangerous chemicals that can cause nervous system damage particularly in infants and toddlers.
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Press Release: The Draft E waste rules: Prefer business to the environment?
New Delhi , 18/08/2010
By Toxics Link
India’s battle with managing E-waste reached a new level, with the issuance of Draft E-waste by Ministry of Environment and Forest in May 2010.
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Press Statement: Supreme Court quashes defamation case on activists by Association of Pesticide Manufacturing Companies
Warangal and New Delhi , 04/08/2010
By Toxics Link
A two Judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court of India, on 20th July, 2010, quashed[1] the criminal defamation case against 11 activists initiated by the Crop Care Federation (formerly Pesticides Associations of India, a consortium of pesticide manufacturing companies).
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Press Release: Lead (Pb) - Not a child’s play! [High amount of lead found in children’s jewellery in India]
New Delhi , 02/07/2010
By Toxics Link
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 symptoms such as colic, and even death due to lead poisoning?
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