KodaiMercury

Direct and indirect arsenic release from soaps by unhygienic use in tubewells

Microorganisms have been implicated in the release of arsenic into drinking water involving bio-electrochemical reactions. Iron reducer has been shown to release captive arsenic from insoluble ferric oxyhydroxide–arsenic oxide adduct. Sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) and Enterobacteriaceae may play a similar role by releasing hydrogen sulphide. The case of arsenic mobilization in water may be complex and varied. Arsenic contamination in Kanpur, northern India, 1000 […]

URS Dames and Moore report

URS Dames & Moore has been commissioned by Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to conduct an environmental site assessment and preliminary risk assessment for mercury at its wholly owned thermometer manufacturing facility located at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu State. This follows publicity by Greenpeace and the Palini Hills Conservation Council after their discovery of glass scrap illegally disposed from the manufacturing facility to a scrapyard in Kodaikanal townsite.