Clean-up standards for toxic mercury leak relaxed – The Hindu
Move provokes outcry from residents of Kodaikanal. “More than 100 kg of mercury will still be left in the soil” “This is a test case that will set precedents for safe levels of mercury” CHENNAI: Clean-up standards for toxic mercury leaked by Hindustan Unilever into the soil on its factory premises in Kodaikanal have been […]
Kodaikanal Residents Fight Against Mercury Dumping
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Alliance against Mercury (TAAM), a coalition of Kodaikanal residents and organisations that is fighting against the mercury dumping in the hill station made a serious allegation at a press meet here on Monday. It charged the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) of colluding […]
RTI Papers Reveal Dilution in Remediation Stand – Express News Service
CHENNAI: Environmental organisations and activists have called for an inquiry into the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), based on RTI documents that indicate their alleged collusion with Hindustan Unilever in downgrading remediation standards for mercury contaminated sites in Kodaikanal. “TNPCB and NEERI colluded with HUL to […]
Mercury Menace – New Indian Express
S Sivaganam, R Vijayalakshmi, Peter Sunderajan, Christopher Coldcraft, Panneer Selvaram, J Sudhakaran, Neelavanan, Ramachandran, P Natrajan, S Palniswamy, Ganna Sundri, G Ruthpriya, C Carmel, Margaret, E Ramesh Selvapandiyan…. They are not just residents of Kodaikanal. They have a few other things in common as well. The kidneys, hearts, and brains of most of them are […]
Prevent Mercury Pollution – The Hindu
Kodaikanal, Berijam and Kookal lakes affected, say environmentalists KODAIKANAL: The State Government must take a policy decision not to grant permission to start any industry that pollutes air, water and land on the hill stations. This appeal was made by environmentalists, social activists and representatives of various non-governmental organisations at a consultation meeting held here […]
Mercury exposure: panel to probe health condition of former factory workers – The Hindu
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has formed an experts’ committee to assess the health condition of former workers of Hindustan Lever’s Clinical Thermometer Factory at Kodaikanal allegedly exposed to toxic mercury. The First Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice K. Chandru, said the five-member committee would report to the court as to whether […]
Former Watertown company blamed for poisonings in India – News Watch 50
A thermometer factory that moved from Watertown to India in 1983 is blamed for poisoning workers and dumping mercury contaminated waste in nearby forest. According to the Indo-Asian News Service, more than 500 protesters gathered after the death of a 47 year old former worker at Hindustan Lever, Ltd. in Kodaikanal, in southern India. The […]
Protest against Hindustan Lever’s decontamination policy – New Kerala
Chennai: Demonstrations by more than 300 ex-workers of Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL) Monday in the holiday resort of Kodaikanal marked the fifth anniversary of their struggle for environmental clean-up and health rehabilitation against the multinational. The former workers demonstrated before the district authorities and pointed out that a recently-approved proposal allowed Hindustan Lever to ‘decontaminate’ […]