Pollution

Links to pollution-related issues relevant to South Asia. Articles on particular issues are collated under Special Reports.

- Articles
- Special Reports
- Resources

 

Articles

Links to articles on environmental concerns relevant to pollution in South Asia.

• Asian emissions level off, NSU, UK, December 10, 2002
Economic downturn curbs ill winds across Pacific. “Ten years ago we thought emissions from Asia were skyrocketing” - Daniel Jacob, Harvard University told the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, December, 2002

• India restricts single hull tankers, ENS, USA, August 12, 2003
To protect its coastal waters from oil and chemical spills, the Indian government has decided to restrict the entry of single hull foreign oil tankers more than 25 years old into the Indian waters from September 1.

• Toxic pesticides found in India's soft drinks, ENS, August 05, 2003
Toxic pesticides in concentrations far higher than permitted by the European Economic Commission have been found in 12 cold drink brands sold in and around New Delhi. The results, released today, are based on tests conducted by the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of the Centre for Science and Environment, a prominent environmental organization based in New Delhi.

• Soot, Particles, Aerosols: an Asian Brown Cocktail, ENS, USA, August 12, 2002
ENS News, August 2002

 

Special Reports

- Bhopal
-Toxic soft drinks
-Arsenic poisoning

 

Resources