Pollution has crossed the Earth’s tipping point, as identified by the Planetary Boundaries framework. What was once a local concern is now a systemic disruption of the planet’s regulatory processes. Microplastics are found in Arctic ice, and persistent chemicals accumulate in human blood. The Earth’s capacity to absorb our waste has been exceeded. Nowhere is this more visible than in our rivers in India. Increasingly, they are reduced to carriers of industrial effluents, solid waste, and raw sewage.

Our work documents these pollution pathways and their impacts—from tyre pyrolysis units and hazardous waste landfills to Endosulfan contamination and polluted rivers. We connect the dots between sources, pathways, downstream impacts, regulation, governance, and the judiciary.