Reyðarfjörður is still not rid of fluoride – much of it in grass that animals eat – being emitted from a nearby aluminium smelter. RÚV reports that continuing research around the Alcoa smelter has shown that there are still high levels of fluoride in grass and hay growing near the smelter. While levels are high, […]
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Crop loss row hits Hindalco
Sambalpur: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has confirmed crop damage in October due to emission of fluoride gas by smelter of Hindalco Industries Limited at Hirakud in the district. In the report, submitted to the government on Friday, the board has maintained that fluoride gas emitted from the smelter, aided by heavy rain […]
ICF appeals against General Court judgment in Aluminium Fluoride cartel case
On 16 November 2013, details were published of an appeal brought by Industries Chimiques du Fluor (”ICF”) against a judgment of the General Court (”GC”) dismissing ICF’s appeal against the Commission’s decision whereby the Commission fined ICF and other aluminium fluoride producers for price-fixing in violation of Article 101 TFEU. ICF alleges that the GC […]
Fluoride emission by HIL: OSPCB team visits plant
A three-member team of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) visited Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL) at Hirakud here to find out a permanent solution to recurring emission of fluoride gas from the plant damaging crops in the peripheral villages of HIL on Tuesday. The team led by OSPCB Environmental Engineer Dilip Das checked the polluting […]
OSPCB confirms crop loss for Hindalco’s emission
Damage of crop in the peripheral villages of Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL) at Hirakud due to fluoride emission from the plant has been confirmed by Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB). Regional Officer of OSPCB Hemendra Nath Nayak told this paper that analysis of foliage and water samples collected from farmland on October 17 revealed […]
Were The People Of Askeaton Poisoned By Fluoride?
A lengthy report was published in 2001 by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) into possible links between environmental pollution and severe animal and human health problems in Askeaton, Co Limerick. Having examined the report, and compared it to information available elsewhere in the public domain, Hot Press believes that the EPA document contains errors […]
The next phase: Kaiser’s Mead smelting plant undergoes demolition
Thousands of people drew paychecks from the sprawling Kaiser Aluminum smelter in north Spokane during its more than 50 years of operation. The California company that bought the Mead site last year is about a third of the way through a project to put people to work on the property again, this time as a new […]
Uzbek Senate supports immediate measures to decrease impacts of TALCO emissions
Uzbek Senate believes that it is necessary to increase the attention of international ecological organizations, UN structures, parliaments, governments and international community to the solution of increasingly worsening ecological disaster in the zone of activity of TALCO State Unitary Enterprise – Tajik Aluminum Company and to take immediate measures on its reprofiling, according to Senate […]
Dire Pollution in Central Asia
The problems of multiple polluting incidents hit many nations, but when that is combined with desertification and a reduced water supply, it really needs careful monitoring. UNICEF have been responsible for many examples of aid to the countries of Central Asia. The Japanese government have helped them in funding Aral Sea areas with water purification […]
EPA addresses contamination at former aluminum site (Century Aluminum)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Century Aluminum of West Virginia to develop an updated cleanup plan for a former industrial facility in Ravenswood, West Virginia, that was used for the storage and disposal of hazardous materials that were byproducts of aluminum production. EPA is currently overseeing cleanup activities at the site, where […]