Farmers' rights grossly violated due to lack of awareness on pesticide spraying: NHRC

NHRC has sent notices to Centre and Maharashtra, demanding detailed report in four weeks

Findings reveal how neem cells produce useful chemicals

The study of limonoid biosynthesis in neem tree is of potential significance as it produces agriculturally and pharmacologically important molecules

Judicious use of bioinsecticide may help control filariasis vector

A public health problem in some parts of the country, filariasis is caused by parasitic worms 

A fungus that can degrade endosulfan identified

The commonly used insecticide was used to get rid of insects in cashew plantations and exposure to it is reported to have led to several health …

Farmers responses over pesticide-use effects cannot be considered scientific, petitioners tell SC

Petitioners request Supreme Court to review and consider banning of 135 more pesticides banned outside India

About 97 per cent of endangered species threatened by common pesticides: US agency

In 2016, the WHO had announced that malathion and diazinon are probable carcinogens

Buttermilk-based bioformulation helps in cotton disease control

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University researchers found that a plant growth promoting rhizo bacteria can be used to fight Tobacco Streak Virus in cotton

Centre wants to ban a host of pesticides: Here’s why

Centre proposes banning monocrotophos, methomyl and carbofuran, three Class I pesticides associated with high levels of toxicity that resulted in …

Honeytrap

Chemical lures mosquitoes towards insecticides

Dangerous pesticide use: What must be done to protect the health of Kenyans

At least 1,345 pesticide products are registered for use in crop production in Kenya, of which 11 are classified as highly hazardous 

Germany to phase out glyphosate by 2023

The country took this step to protect insect populations that play a pivotal role in ecosystems and pollination of food crops

Let the young ones be

Chemical warfare

Time to get new bed nets

Mid-day meal deaths: forensic report finds high levels of insecticide in cooking oil

Activists reiterate demand of proper handling of insecticide and pesticide containers after use

Fall Armyworm controlled in Odisha

Timely intervention and sustained awareness programmes by state agriculture dept prevented crop loss    

Stinging fact

Pesticides driving decline in bumblebee population

Amphibians exposed to insecticides during larval stages are not at greater risk of disease: study

Study conducted on Gray Tree frogs for 28 days

Will contract farming law relieve agrarian distress?

Although the proposed law promises to alleviate the suffering of India’s farmers, it needs a research-backed approach 

A common class of insecticides puts farmers at high risk of diabetes

Long-term exposure to organophosphate insecticides puts the farming community at a higher risk of developing diabetes, shows a study

America bans endosulfan

India continues to use it  

Using insecticide-treated mosquito nets for fishing could lead to collapse of fisheries & health hazards

A combinations of insecticides from the nets could also end up in the waterways  

Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions

There are alternatives to pesticides including integrated pest management. This is an approach that doesn’t rule out the use of pesticides, …

Technology needs stewardship

Keshav Raj Kranthi, an entomologist by training, is director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. He has developed an extensive …

The rise and fall of a chemical

DDT use goes back to World War II

Bees lose way

How common pesticides affect bee populations