Monitoring & Testing Newsletter
December 30, 2009

This Week´s Featured News Stories
MoD orders automated driver training technology
It may be more famous for driving tanks than fuel-efficient eco-cars, but the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has this month signed a major contract to deploy automated driver coaching systems designed to cut carbon emissions and fuel bills in more than 4,500 of its vehicles. A trial of the device from technology start-up GreenRoad in 2008 cut fuel use and led to a 31 per cent reduction in the number of high-risk driving manoeuvres, the MoD said. During the trial the company ...
Continuing nightmare in Bhopal: CSE laboratory tests soil, water samples from Union Carbide
For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards. These are the findings of a study released here today by the New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Lab (see note on lab below) has tested water and soil samples from in and around the Union Carbide factory, and found high concentrations of pesticides and heavy metals ...
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