Toxicitea tangle
Safeguards have been erected to weed out the supplies of tea laden with high pesticide residue levels. But when governments use these benchmarks …
Book Review
Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - A report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5
A can of worms
Book>> Brands Under Fire edited by Ivan Arthur and Kurien Mathews Penguin Books Price Rs 499
Brain drain
Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study
Default drinking water
'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water (…
ICRISAT intern awarded for developing bio-insecticide from ‘ramphal’ leaves
Extracts from its leaves may be useful against three destructive pests — Pod borer, Green peach aphid and fall armyworm — with a …
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
Unauthorised use of 4 highly hazardous pesticides, claims report
Unapproved use of chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine and paraquat in crops point to non-compliance with national regulation
Toxins found yet again, this time in PET bottles of five soft drinks brands
Government study also confirms significant increase in leaching with the rise in room temperature
The unholy accrual
Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins
Children of endosulfan
Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …
Europe to phase out major pesticides
EU decides to withdraw about 320 substances used in plant protection products - including pesticides, fungicides and herbicides - from markets by …
Why India should ban, not just restrict, use of dangerous weedicide glyphosate
Long-pending demand from civil society and activists to ban glyphosate fallen on deaf ears
Karnataka's endosulfan victims to 'fast unto death' for better compensation
Neighbouring state Kerala has provided monetary compensation worth Rs 180 crores along with other facilities
SC extends endosulfan ban
Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod
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?
LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN
KUSHAL P S YADAV blows the lid off dirty tactics adopted to give clean chit to endosulfan
'FSSAI’s move to shut down two regional offices will give wrong signal'
FSSAI’s move suggests the central regulator is backing down and is not in full control of food safety regulatory enforcement, says Delhi-…
Children of a lesser god
Children don't have a voice. They can't lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India's medical establishment and the civil society
Soft Target
Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their …
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
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 …
No pesticide check yet
Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study
Pesticides in our food
There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. …