Friday, November 11, 2011

Major Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites in India Factsheet

Chromium    
Lead              
Mercury
Arsenic          
Copper
Ranipet,
Tamil Nadu

Ratlam,
Madhya Pradesh

Kodaikanal,
Tamil Nadu

Tuticorin,
Tamil Nadu

Tuticorin,
Tamil Nadu
Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh

Bandalamottu
Mines, Andhra Pradesh
Ganjam,
Orissa

West Bengal
Singbhum Mines,
Jharkhand
Vadodara,
Gujarat

Vadodara, Gujarat
Singrauli,
Madhya
Pradesh
Ballia and
other districts,
UP*
Malanjkahnd,
Madhya Pradesh

Talcher,
Orissa

Korba,
Chattisgarh




                                               
Data of CPCB show that Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh contribute to 80% of hazardous waste (including heavy metals) in India.

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