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E- Waste Industry in India : A view from an Advisor
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19: As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, the issue of electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as a significant environmental challenge. Millions of tons of electronic devices are discarded annually, creating a mounting crisis that threatens b
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UAE: Weapons and Hazardous Substance Office re-launches intiative to regi
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Weapons and Hazardous Substances Offices of the Supreme Council for National Security, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, re-launched the initiative to register citizens' unlicensed weapons and firearms.
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Study illustrates how cells choose DNA repair methods
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
DNA is usually regarded as the blueprint for life and is essential for an organism to perform biological tasks. A range of factors, including radical metabolites, radiation, and other hazardous substances, can cause DNA damage. Because DNA is a two-stranded molecule, it can be damaged on eit
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US environmental regulators propose labelling 'forever chemicals' as hazar
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday that it is proposing the designation of two of the most common poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals," as hazardous compounds under federal Superfund laws.
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Companies dealing with hazardous substances must pay compensation for deat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Observing frequent accidents resulting in deaths and injuries in chemical factories, National Green Tribunal has directed Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories (UT) to evolve a mechanism to ensure that the companies dealing with hazard
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NGT expresses concern over non-use of funds for victims of hazardous subst
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed concern over non-utilisation of over Rs 800 crores meant for the victims who suffered accidents in the process of handling hazardous substances and asked the Environment Ministry to look into this aspect an
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