No pesticide check yet
Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study
Cap energy drinks
CSE laboratory tests show energy drinks contain excess caffeine; their market grows without checks
Home truths
Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…
Silence is the best policy
Coal toll
More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…
Natural and pure?
There is no way one can tell
Free food body of corporate influence
Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels
Trimming fats
The US is determined to eliminate trans fatty acids from its food. Can India do the same?
Common concerns
As the commons come under increasing assault, academics, practitioners and policymakers come together to devise ways to protect shared resources
Gentle on critical pollution
After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …
India’s Minamata
Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …