Environmental odour news

Although many of us love our signature scent, it likely contains chemicals that may wreck havoc on our hormone function. I'm not suggesting we ditch fragrances, but it’s important to know what we are putting on our bodies and to be smart consumers. Here’s what every woman needs to know about perfume, its impact on hormones, and how to find safer scents: 1. Phthalates are hiding in synthetic perfumes. Phthalates are associated with serious health issues, but you won’t find them listed on the labels. Ingredients in perfumes are considered a trade secret, so manufacturers can hide hundreds of chemicals under the term “fragrance.” The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found phthalates in 70% of the perfumes they tested, but they weren't listed on any of the labels. 2. Phthalates are known hormone disruptors. We’ve heard that hormone disruptors are bad, but what exactly do they do? A hormone disruptor is a synthetic chemical that when absorbed into the body acts like a horm...

Continuing problems at Esabli Landfill in Nari has had another set back as the Environmental Authority has canceled the license of the group involved in managing the site. Clamite Johannes ,  MD of Camak Group , said that after the weekly meeting with the Environmental Authority he was issued with a canceled license to operate writ.  "We believed we were doing the right thing"  he said. This all happened as they started using a concentrated perfume on the site which was suppose to mask the odors, instead created more complaints.   

With increasing urbanisation putting additional pressure on landfill sites in urban areas, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has taken the first step towards documenting what it considers “undoubtedly the most complex” of all air pollution problems — odour. Urban landfill sites with biodegradable waste in sprawling cities are a major source of odour pollution. “Our country is very big and there are no standards as yet on how to go about measuring odour, monitoring it or setting parameters for odour pollution,” a senior CPCB official told The Indian Express. Ambient standards are hard to come by, like for air or noise pollution, “the database is non-existent”, the official said. In early September the CPCB released ‘Odour Monitoring and Management in Urban Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Sites’, nine years after it first came up with guidelines calling for “accurate, precise and acceptable” measurement of odour, and a need to come up with a database of information...

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ISO 14001 is an international Standard that specifies the requirements for a structured management approach to environmental protection. Its purpose is to enable an organisation of any type or size to develop and implement a policy that is committed to environmental responsibility; such as resource sustainability, prevention of pollution, climate change mitigation and minimisation of environmental impact. Why Environmental Management is Important A management system which adopts ISO 14001 not only safeguards the organisation’s business strategies now and in the future, but also demonstrates to stakeholders a commitment to environmental performance improvement. Benefits of ISO 14001 Certification Improved corporate citizenship and social responsibility within an environmental context Demonstration of compliance to regulatory requirements Demonstration of environmental management with the very recognisable “Five Tick” Standards Mark Proactive risk management from en...

All materials can be categorized into three main states based on their nature of molecular aggregation; these categories are called solids, liquids, and gasses. Gasses and liquids are quite different from solids since they have no definite shape and take the shape of the container in which they are placed. Unlike gasses and liquids, solids have a definite three-dimensional shape with the most complex form of a molecular aggregate. Moreover, solids are relatively more hard, dense and strong in keeping their shape. Unlike gasses and liquids, solids are not much affected by the changes in temperature or pressure. In addition, solids possess a wide range of mechanical and physical properties including electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, strength, hardness, toughness, etc. Because of these properties, solids are used in various applications in the fields of engineering, construction, automotive, fabrication etc. Solids mainly exist in two types: amorphous and crystalline. The...

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