Pari's Blog

For past few years environmentalists in Tamil Nadu have been after a company that had leaked 22 tons of toxic mercury waste in Kodaikannal. For those who don’t know, even a minute presence of mercury is enough to permanently damage the land and devastate all life forms, and mercury once it gets in – stays in, and finds it way into rainwater runoffs.

A USA company, had set up a plant in Kodaikannal, where it manufactured components for a product that’s not even sold in India, but sent back to the USA. Why? Because of heavy environmental regulations in the USA (and thanks also to our irresponsible/ignorant politicians).

So this came as good news, from Yahoo News! “Mercury Waste From India Heads to U.S.” (“A ship carrying 320 tons of mercury contaminated waste…”)

Update: http://hul.co.in/mediacentre/index.asp

See also:

• “The Green Warrior – The Hindu”
• “No more Bhopals – Chennai Online”