Zeroing in on persistent pollutants

Paints and refrigerants have chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are difficult to remove …

Beyond The Billion

If post-Independence leaders of India had ensured full literacy, a solution would have been in sight for a lot of problems. Population, for one. …

Pollution pays

Whenever the issue of how to end pollution is raised, it hits a block: technology. Take the case of air pollution: among other things, the issue …

Talking heads

While medics call for more research, government officials dismiss the finding saying "private studies are not enough"

The street fight

Three years have passed since the day we released our first study on pesticides. The government reduced excise duty on soft drinks in this year's …

Home they brought the poison

book>> Our toxic world, A guide to hazardous substances in our everyday lives • Script Aniruddha Sen Gupta • Illustrations Priya …

Molecules of death

Dioxins, which are by-products of industrial processes, are not volatile and are extremely persistent chemicals. They bioaccumulate up the food …

After the People met

The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?

Home truths

Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…

Toxic Alert

In large doses, cadmium is carcinogenic. A study now shows that even chronic exposure to the heavy metal in low doses causes breast cancer. …

Wash out

In the guise of making washing easy, detergents are directing a chemical fusillade at the environment in the absence of regulation, discovers …

Another Kasaragod

Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media …

The age of discovery

Research in rice genomics could be the key to eradicating hunger through environmentally sustainable methods, says Latha Rangan

Don’t touch

Half the toys tested have unsafe phthalate levels

A hurried job

Karnataka government’s survey to estimate the scale of endosulfan tragedy is a half-hearted attempt

Wheels of pollution

No one is tracking the substantial amount of lead that escapes into the environment from car tyres

Can endosulfan be exported?

Supreme Court asks panel to explore possibilities of disposing of the pesticide  

SC extends endosulfan ban

Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod  

New endosulfan ploy

Industry is sidestepping issues by pitching the proposed UN ban on endosulfan as the battle between generics and patented pesticides

Rescued or doomed

Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …

‘PESTICIDES’ IN DRUGS

Sharad Pawar’s provision for protecting test data in the Pesticides Bill could spill over into trade agreements and hit the drugs industry, too

No pesticide check yet

Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study

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

Contest for pesticide

Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament

The Green Revolution and a dark Punjab

Punjab has paid a price for food security. The use of pesticides and fertilisers has resulted in a number of health issues for the state’s …