In Short

Smelly pesticides

Those were the days!

Forearmed

A generation scarred

Agent Orange claims second generation victims in Vietnam

Conference on pesticides

Put to test

Sri Lanka's Tree Frogs

Misinformation campaign

Illogical theory?

Use of pesticides is responsible for the arsenic crisis

India's corrupt pesticide registration system

'Farmers will have no choice'

DAVID HATHAWAY is a social scientist who has worked in Brazil on issues such as transnational corporations, pesticides, genetically engineered …

Living with the Devil's Element

BBC's film on chlorine is more successful in underlining the vital role it plays in daily life, rather than in detailing why it should be banned

Pesticide film depicts US callousness

Medfly Madness, made by BBC, focusses on what happens when saving a multibillion fruit and vegetable industry takes precedence over the health of …

Beetle's taste for sunflowers alarms experts

Scientists fear the Mexican beetle, introduced to counter the adverse effects of a weed, may destroy the sunflower crop.

Don't bite that apple!

The government's plans for boosting horticulture to earn foreign exchange do not take into account the hidden costs of deforestation, fertiliser …

A Pest Of A Problem

Cross-border trade in hazardous chemicals and pesticides threatens the ecology with dire consequences. Sixty-one nations get together to ward off …

Deep Impact

In spite of ample evidence highlighting the adverse effects of pesticides on wildlife, it continues to be used indiscriminately in India. Worse, …

Ban dilemma

A ban on insecticides in the US may throw up more problems than it seeks to solve. The sufferers will include children suffering from asthma

Better than the pest

A renewable energy alternative to pesticides is gaining popularity among farmers in south India

Suicide by pesticide

After the failure of the cotton crop, a large numbers of farmers in Andhra Pradesh are committing suicide by consuming the very pesticide that is …

Filtering the fine print

The confusion resulting from reports about pesticides in bottled water and soft drinks saw a few companies sneak-ride upon the concerns of the …

The discerning eye of the insect

How do pests select which plants to attack in the field? By smelling odours plants emit, believe most entomologists. But now an alternative …

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