Buzz of distress

Thousands of bees are dying in France due to Bayer pesticide

Peril in Brazil

Study shows pesticides double cancer risk in farm labour

Syngenta fined for GM pesticide in corn

Nicotine-based pesticides kill bees

Swarm warning

Officials claim the locust problem is under control, but unless millions of hoppers -- young locusts -- stalking the deserts are exterminated …

Life industry goldrush

Trade in bio-industrial products is on in full swing, conjuring up visions of El dorado. But whether the Indian industry can embark on this …

In the red

Left at the mercy of brokers who dictate the market terms, many cultivators of Gloriosa superba have consumed the plant's poisonous tubers to …

Pesticide industry thriving on legal loopholes

The CSE's recent expos has blown the lid off the bottled water industry's tall claims on the purity of its products. Simultaneously, it has …

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 …

India invents pesticide in soild form

Contaminated wheat

Three new studies reveal pesticide residue in wheat flour

Stir bears fruit

Exporting toxicity

Chemicals banned in the US as poison are shipped to developing nations as pesticides

No tax cuts for pesticide industry in 2007 budget

Bollworm insecticide now more effective

Alachlor, aldicarb blacklisted

The curse of coca

The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America's rainforests

A close hard look

Malaria is easy to check. Just do not let mosquitoes breed. This is the essence of the bioenvironmental way to control such tiny big disease …

A victim's saga

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The air just got dirtier

Nonvolatile herbicides lost more through vapourisation

Nature strikes back

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Inaction discourages positive change in industry

Toxic waste

Bt fails in China