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India Remains a favourite dumping ground for toxic wastes

Press release | July 7, 1999 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Export data compiled by Greenpeace from Government of India statistics for 1998-1999 indicate that more than 100,887 tons, including hazardous and potentially hazardous wastes have entered India illegally, some in violation of...

Bhopal Survivors engage in cyberaction to demand justice

Press release | October 2, 1999 at 5:30

BHOPAL, India — Over 2000 people, primarily survivors of Union Carbide’s disastrous gas leak in 1984, gathered today at the gates of the abandoned factory to send their calls for justice to Union Carbide and the government of India via a unique...

Ship Breaking is dangerously poluting: Greenpeace.

Press release | September 18, 1999 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace today released the first ever technical and environmental data on the toxic contamination caused by shipbreaking in India through its investigative report "Ships for Scrap: Steel and Toxic Wastes for Asia."

No More Bhopals; Make Polluters Pay

Press release | December 3, 1999 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — In a demonstration marking the 15th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, Greenpeace activists dressed in black shrouds and death masks delivered a four metre wooden model of the infamous Union Carbide factory with the message...

Waste

Press release | October 18, 1999 at 5:30

VAPI, GUJARAT, India — Some 250-270 million litres of highly toxic industrial wastewater, including heavy metals, is released to the environment daily in three industrial estates in Gujarat, India, reveals a Greenpeace study today

Stop Dumping Toxic Wastes

Press release | November 16, 1998 at 5:30

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona /Amsterdam: Activists from Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network (BAN) today demonstrated in Barcelona against the shipping industries practice of dumping toxic waste in developing countries.

Persistent Organic pollutants in Asia

Press release | November 20, 1998 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Life-threatening poisons such as DDT, aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin and heptachlor -all of which are either severely restricted or banned in most countries- continue to be manufactured, stored, used and traded freely in South...

Cutting edge contamination

Feature story | February 9, 2007 at 15:10

The electronics industry is often considered a 'clean' industry. But sleek shiny gadgets hide a darker side of the industry. Our new report 'Cutting Edge Contamination' exposes that some of the electronics industries' biggest brands, and their...

Toxic death ship blocked

Feature story | September 26, 2006 at 5:30

Our activists have blocked the toxic ship Probo Koala in the harbour of Paldiski, Estonia and branded it an 'EU Toxic Crime Scene.' The Probo Koala dumped toxic waste in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast, killing seven people and causing mass panic,...

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