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, …
Ghost of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Health issues trickled down to future generations, says study
It has more impacts than thought; nearly 4 decades after the tragedy, future generations are afflicted by disabilities and cancer
Most pollution-related workplace deaths in countries with highest GDP: Lancet report
India fares better, ranks 40; United Kingdom worst-performing; United States occupies 18th position
Not just green: Natural farming in Andhra yielded more produce than conventional methods, shows study
Apart from the higher yield, nutrient availability was also unaffected in Zero Budget Natural Farming
Biotech regulator approves GM mustard, now Centre to take a call
Biosafety mechanisms ignored, conflict of interest over GEAC panel as well, say experts
Locust attack: Farmers may delay monsoon crops as the crisis lingers
India will have a second attack of locusts from Africa hitting by next month as COVID-19 lockdown delays export of pesticides to Kenya
India needs to protect its wetland flora
Wetland flora help maintain ecological balance and need to be conserved. However, only 68 wetlands are protected in India so far
Labour scarcity makes coffee plantation ecosystem in Western Ghats fragile: Study
Rising labour costs, urbanisation and increased use of pesticides point to a growing conservation concern in the Ghats
Delhi has joined several Indian states in banning glue pads for rodent control. But what about poison?
Despite well-known dangers, anticoagulant rodenticides remain a popular, unregulated method to control rats in India
GE cotton: Three states refuse NOC for field trials
GEAC demands Telangana, Gujarat state reasons for declining, will take decision if Maharashtra doesn't reply on time
Simply Put: Insect apocalypse
Silent fields: a cocktail of pesticides is stunting bumblebee colonies across Europe, study shows
The pollen that bumblebees collected and stored in their nests was contaminated with multiple pesticides, an average of eight different compounds …
Pesticide Management Bill 2020: What could have made it better
The bill was introduced after much delay
64% of world’s arable land at risk of pesticide pollution: Study
Asia home to largest land areas at high risk of pesticide pollution
Yavatmal farmers fight losing battle against pesticide poisoning; pin hopes on Swiss court hearing
There has been an inordinate delay in enacting the Pesticides Management Bill to replace the Insecticides Act of 1968
Simply put: Why pesticide
Simply Put: The war we do not see
Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies
Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre
Pesticide consumption a leading cause of suicides worldwide: Report
Up to 168,000 people kill themselves by ingesting pesticides annually, it said
Simply put: Farmer suicides continue unabated
Simply Put: Killing locusts
To protect India’s bees, we need to understand their impact on agricultural practices
Farmers worry about effect of genetically modified crops on honey bees
Centre restricts use of common weedicide glyphosate citing health hazards
Experts welcome move but call for a complete ban
Crows drop dead eating insects killed by pesticides in Bihar's Purnea
The birds being scavengers, are an important part of the area's ecology, they say
A dangerous pesticide isn’t being monitored in key bird of prey populations — we’re shedding light on that gap
DDT monitoring in raptors is heavily biased toward the global north