The soot-blackened building of Hindustan Insecticide Limited’s endosulfan plant in Eloor.

The Oswal Fertilisers factory looms large in the background of this fishing jetty in Kharnasi village, Orissa.

Visibly toxic effluents from the CETP at Vapi being released into the Damanganga river.

A view of the sensitive Pambar Shola forest area contaminated by mercury from the Hindustan Lever Limited thermometer factory in Kodaikanal.

The Oswal Fertilisers factory looms large in the background of this fishing jetty in Kharnasi village, Orissa.

Visibly toxic effluents from the CETP at Vapi being released into the Damanganga river.

Visibly toxic effluents from the CETP at Vapi being released into the Damanganga river.

The Oswal Fertilisers factory looms large in the background of this fishing jetty in Kharnasi village, Orissa.

A view of the sensitive Pambar Shola forest area contaminated by mercury from the Hindustan Lever Limited thermometer factory in Kodaikanal.