Toxic Tales

Kerala HC bans endosulfan, final decision awaited

Fate of Afghanistan’s karez system uncertain, but south India’s surangam thriving

While there is debate regarding the origins of the surangam, it resembles the karez and qanat system in some respects

Muddy and misleading

Pesticide industry attempts to 'educate' people on Endosulfan

Poignant Images

Pesticide politics

As the endosulfan controversy erupts afresh, the Kerala government finds itself in a tight spot

Going overboard

Pesticide industry targets activist

Healthy dining: Organic restaurant

Apna Dhaba in Vadodara promises sumptuous food, and all of it is homegrown and organic

THERE IS NO JUSTICE

E VIJAYALAKSHMI and RUHANI KAUR travel around Padre village, Kasargod district, Kerala and find what living with endosulfan has done to the area …

Crime bureau cleared

Kerala’s high-speed rail project may turn into environmental disaster, flag experts

The high-speed railway line will reduce travel time between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod district to four hours; but experts have …

LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN

KUSHAL P S YADAV blows the lid off dirty tactics adopted to give clean chit to endosulfan

Grounded

Endosulfan aerial spraying banned in Kasaragod

Vague verdict

Report on endosulfan raises more questions than it answers

Demand for endosulfan tribunal

Kerala High Court admits writ petition demanding tribunal and compensation for victims

Endosulfan declared not guilty

Good news for the ever manipulative pesticide industry: the Dubey committee -- a panel of experts set up by the Registration Committee of the …

Kerala village sees off bauxite mining

Probing a pesticide tragedy

Laboratory tests nail the Plantation Corporation of Kerala. The state government sets up an inquiry committee

International journal vindicates endosulfan study

The strong case against endosulfan just got stronger. Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed scientific journal of international …

Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …

Rules and renegades

Pesticide regulations in India are lax. The industry has exploited the loopholes to corrupt the system. And the government has turned a blind eye …

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?