Full Coverage: Pollution

30.11.2005 One of the most widely used weedkillers in the world, atrazine, could feminise male frogs at concentrations 30 times lower than that legally allowed in US drinking water. Research also suggests widespread contamination of drinking water in the UK.

29.11.2005 The Eko Kvarner environmental association confirmed yesterday, on basis of information received from international institutions and Russian NGOs, that the Russian oil companies have given up on the opening of new oil transport line, through the Adriatic, implemented in the Druzba Adria Project.

29.11.2005 When was it last that you went to a beach in Mumbai and marvelled at the beautiful seafront? Think hard. If the dead fish washing up on the city's beaches are any indication, this might have been a long time back! With effluents from the industries going further and further into the sea, more dead fish are being washed ashore by the day.

25.11.2005 Heavily polluted river water has reached the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin. The Songhua River is contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical benzene following an explosion at a petrochemical plant on 13 November.

24.11.2005 Although Prime Minister Berisha declared publicly that the Government has given up on the plans to built Oil Refinery in Vlora, the environmentalists gathered in the Citizens Alliance (CA) for Protection of the Bay of Vlora organized protests at the ‘Flamurtari’ sports hall, on Monday, October 21. The protest rally was organized under the slogan “Vlora in danger, lets save it”.

18.11.2005 Vedanta, a fast growing British mining and aluminium production company founded by a billionaire expatriate Bombay businessman, reportedly poses a threat to communities in India from environmental degradation and widespread pollution.

17.11.2005 Under the framework of the "Assistance in Drafting of the Environmental Laws in SEE" CARDS Project, the Regional Environmental Centre (REC) - Country office Albania, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Management (MEFWM), and with the support of the EU, organised a national meeting "Law on Noise Pollution, in harmony with the EU legislation". The meeting was held yesterday, at the International Hotel, Tirana.

07.11.2005 Gordon Brown and other senior cabinet ministers have been pushing for the Government to scrap its target for reducing emissions of the main pollutant that causes global warming, according to a Sunday broadsheet.

02.11.2005 Requiring corporations to report and disclose pollution data has prompted them to cut toxic pollution in half, but the U.S. environmental regulatory agency has announced plans to reduce reporting requirements. The public has 60 days to make their views heard.

01.11.2005 Gearing up to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing gets an unwelcome accolade: the pollution capital of the world.