Press Release: NEERI, TNPCB Mislead NGT on Mercury Contamination
4 October, 2021. Chennai — Even as environmental sampling data from Pambar Shola and River clearly indicate mercury exceeding levels of concern in soil, sediment and moss, Unilever’s consultant NEERI has downplayed the dangers by comparing the data with incorrect standards to conclude that the Unilever site is not a threat to the Pambar Shola […]
Kodaikanal tree felling: 65 academics, ecologists write to CM Stalin against Unilever
Hindustan Unilever Ltd has clear-felled 425 trees as part of the remediation of mercury-contaminated soil in the four acres of its now-defunct factory in Kodaikanal, say activists. From The News Minute: Read Original Sreedevi Jayarajan Follow @Sreedevi_Jay on Twitter Sixty-five artists, educators, ecologists, and environmentalists have written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin urging the […]
Hindustan Unilever Limited goes off plan, fells 300 trees in Kodaikanal
Consumer goods giant Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has cut down over 300 trees inside its now-defunct thermometer factory that lies adjacent to the Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary. By SV Krishna Chaitanya for The New Indian Express, 19th August 2021 https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/aug/19/hindustan-unilever-limitedgoes-off-plan-fells-300-trees-in-kodaikanal-2346689.html Unilever factory site in March 2018 Unilever factory site in January 2020 after the illegal cutting of […]
Rate of Soil and Mercury Loss into Pambar Shola from M/s Hindustan Unilever’s Mercury-contaminated Site
By Nityanand Jayaraman, Chennai Solidarity Group. August 2021 Report: Rate of Soil and Mercury Loss into Pambar Shola from M/s Hindustan Unilever’s Mercury-contaminated SiteDownload
Datasets for the Analysis of Soil Remediation Trials
Download the datasets for the analysis of Soil Remediation trials undertaken by HUL in Kodaikanal from September-November 2017. Environmental Parameters Monitoring Data – Contaminated Soil Washing Trials – HUL HUL Results Summary to RTI Petition (07.12.17) Annexures of Soil Washing Process presented at the LAEC Meeting (22.12.17)
PRESS RELEASE – Study Finds Record High Levels Mercury in Kodai Forest Sediments
Issued by Tamilnadu Alliance Against Mercury, St. Mary’s Road Residents Welfare Association & Community Environmental Monitoring 15 June, 2016 — Exposing as false Hindustan Unilever’s claim that its mercury contaminated factory site is not an ongoing threat to the Pambar Shola ecology, results of analyses from a Department of Atomic Energy laboratory have revealed record […]
Point-Counterpoint — A Detailed and Referenced Counter to Unilever’s Arguments Against a Thorough Clean-up
Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Unilever Plc and the latter’s CEO Mr. Paul Polman have responded defending their move to dilute soil mercury clean-up standards in Kodaikanal from their originally proposed 10 mg/kg to 20-25 mg/kg. In its defence, Below, we present a point-by-point clarification of the false claims made by Unilever and its CEO Paul Polman.
Unilever’s Mercury Pollution in Kodaikanal, India – Claims vs Reality
In 2001, a mercury thermometer factory operated by Unilever subsidiary Hindustan Unilever Ltd was shut down by state environmental regulators after it was found that the company had illegally disposed tonnes of mercury wastes at a local scrapyard. The factory site, which is nestled between two biodiverse and ecologically valuable watershed forests in the beautiful […]
Panel unhappy over Kodaikanal re-mediation standards
‘Residential re-mediation standard not acceptable to site given its environment’ Members of the Local Area Environment Committee (LAEC) on Wednesday expressed their dissatisfaction over mercury re-mediation standards proposed by the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) to clean up its thermometer factory site in Kodaikanal during a meeting called for by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board […]
HUL Push for New Standards of Clean-up Rejected by Local Area Environment Committee
CHENNAI: Could the move by Hindustan Unilever to bring down mercury level in the factory site to 20mg/kg pose no threat to to the ecologically sensitive watershed in Kodaikanal? The Local Area environment Committee says ‘No’ by rejecting the proposal mooted by Hindustan Unilever during a closed door meeting called up by Tamil Nadu Pollution […]
Evaluation of DPR by Dr. Mark Chernaik: Soil Remediation at Kodaikanal HUL Factory site, with offsite disposal of treated soils to Authorized TSDF
#UnileverPollutes: the crisis sparked by a viral video
Twitter analysis of the Unilever Kodaikanal Crisis By @G_Parsons33 PUBLISHED IN CRISIS STUDIES | 20 August 2015 Unilever found itself at the center of a Twitter storm this month, after a crisis broke on social media concerning the brand’s activities in India. To draw attention to the wide-spread mercury pollution and poisoning left behind by a […]
MoEF permission for the export of mercury waste to the USA
MoEF permission for the export of mercury waste to Bethlehem Apparatus, USA