Comparative toxicity of an effluent from a chlor-alkali industry and HgCl2
Release of waste waters from industries severely affect aquatic flora and fauna. Effluents from industries involved in the production of pesticides, or from industries utilizing toxic substances in their production processes are of particular concern. One such industry, the chlor-alkali industry, utilizes mercury as a cathode in an electrolytic process. The present study reports the toxicity assessment of the effluent from a chlor-alkali factor, Jayshree Chemicals Ltd., Ganjam, Orissa. The reported production capacity of the plant is 50 tons of NaOH per day. The effluent discharged, 50,000 1 per day, contains mercury ranging up to 1.5 mg/l, much more than the permissible limit of 0.01 mg/l set by the Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, India. The effluent enters the Rushikulya River Estuary and finally the Bay of Bengal. This paper was also designed to determine whether the mercury present in the effluent was toxic or whether the toxicity involved some other parameters of the effluent as well.
Mercury in the Rushikulya river estuary
Analyse mensuelle du mercure contenu dans des echantillons d'eau et de sediment de l'estuaire de la riviere Rushikulya
Main tendencies of religious consciousness development in modern society
The article is devoted to the investigation of the tendencies of religious consciousness development in modern society. At the present stage of development religious consciousness, like any other social and psychological phenomenon, is undergoing significant changes. The development of religious consciousness at the present stage of society evolution leads to the development of common moral norms and requirements. There is a tendency to reduce human ties with the religious community as a translator of religious consciousness. It is possible to speak about the transformation of religious consciousness but not about its disappearance.