Pesticides leading cause of poisoning in India: Study

The second-most common cause of poisoning was miscellaneous agents, followed by drugs, venoms and corrosives

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 …

Simply Put: Pesticides, toxins in natural sources of water

Punjab wants farmers to stay away from 9 pesticides. Will it help?

Europe tightened import norms since 2018, has shown reluctance to import basmati rice with pesticide residues earlier

Simply Put: Chemicals in Indian food

While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world

Glyphosate is now showing up in humans, but scientists are still debating its health effects. One thing is clear: Because it’s a cheap …

Simply Put: Insect killers

Researchers develop pesticide alternative to protect plants form viral infection 

New screening process can detect efficient molecules that can help kill virus

Microplastics all around: A silent epidemic

All types of sea creatures ingest microplastics; as they move up the food chain, the plastic ends up in the human gut

Why Brazil’s new pesticide rules should worry India

The country’s dilution of rules for pesticides such as glyphosate could spell a health crisis in India, which consumes its beans

Simply Put: Killing locusts

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 …

Simply Put: Letter of apology

Why we must fix toxic chemical pollution to safeguard our planet and health

Leaders gathering at Bonn next week must strengthen a global agreement that prioritises accountability for pollution from chemicals 

Dangerous pesticide use: What must be done to protect the health of Kenyans

At least 1,345 pesticide products are registered for use in crop production in Kenya, of which 11 are classified as highly hazardous 

Why India needs to bring back nature-positive farming

The pandemic showed that human interventions in natural processes can have disastrous consequences; we should now scale up natural-positive food …

Eluru mystery disease: What needs to be done

Lead contamination in water samples, nickel poisoning in milk and pesticides in vegetables are being investigated

K Meerabi’s husband was disabled due to pesticides in 2008; this month, she earned acclaim for natural farming at Oxford

The Guntur farmer’s impact on the global stage signifies growing recognition of natural farming practices as a viable and transformative …

Why multiple committees for reviewing pesticide ban, SC asks government

The apex court sought the reason for appointing several committees when the initial panel had already recommended the banning of 27 pesticides

Humanity must prevent the insect apocalypse

Most insects are not harmful but beneficial to humans; without them, nature will lose its balance

ATM agriculture: There are reasons as to why there is so much resistance to the idea of natural farming

It is different. In this case, science promotes competition in the plants so that they can build soil reservoirs of fungi and bacteria and …

Locust attack: Excessive pesticide use will take its toll on Thar ecology

The strongest pesticides used to counter locust invasions will leech into waterbodies and crops, say experts

Organochlorines may be behind Eluru mystery illness; why is that worrisome

These chemicals present in insecticides and pesticides affect human health

Weaving insect wildlife back into the tapestry of life

The fate of insects is entwined with that of people and of many other vertebrates

Killed in cold blood: Amphibians and reptiles are bearing the brunt of crop intensification

Loss of species due to rising farm productivity is inevitable, says research