DISASTER AVERTED?

Katrina leaves chemical plants intact, says EPA; environmentalists not convinced

Mercury link

Ice cover controls mercury degradation

Toxic taint

Heavy metal in cola sludge

Lead to a falla

A Peruvian town poinsoned by a metallurgical plan

Intrinsic link

Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt

In Court

Check your Cola

Cadmium traced in soft drink sludge

Colours not so natural

Beethoven and heavy metal

The great musician may have suffered lead poisoning

Lead delays puberty

Increased levels of lead suppress reproductive hormones

Chromium digesters

Bacteria can absorb the toxic chemical

We found lots of muck

College students in Asansol, West Bengal put the area's drinking water to test

Newspaper pulp to treat zinc

Heavy water paranoia

Metals blunt drugs

How heavy metals foster antibiotic resistance

Lead Alert

A unique map of India is in the process of being put together

In short

Assam floods affect 21,000; heavy rain forecast till June 19

Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Cachar and Kamrup districts in state affected by floods

Limited laws

Dying fish

Coke bequeaths cadmium

Plachimada plant's sludge, nearby wells poisoned

Gay by mercury

Water contamination may alter white ibises’ hormones

Manage e-waste the EU way

Proposed legislation makes producers responsible for recycling

Absurd charge

Cure for yellow stream

Green algae can revitalise streams poisoned with mine acids