Fertilizers acidify soils

Crop yield drops, plant biodiversity is impacted as a whole  

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 …

Dow Chemical to help Bhopal gas tragedy victims

In Court

EU's REACH regulation evokes controversy

Sodium cyanide 'possibly stored' in Tianjin warehouse, say experts

The Chinese State Council has rolled out a nationwide inspection of businesses using dangerous chemicals 

A greenhouse gas 7,100 times more harmful than CO2 discovered

It is a manmade chemical used in electronic equipment industry

No laughing matter

West blames rising nitrous oxide levels for future depletion of northern mid-latitude ozone

Hot pursuit

Export bite forces a plan to promote residue-free chilli

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

Coronavirus: How hand sanitisers protect against infections

This factsheet tells you what hand sanitisers comprise and how they work

Rising population can increase emergence of infectious diseases: Study

Projected growth in global population will push for more food production, which will make the agriculture sector use more chemicals and resort to …

FAW attack: Centre orders seed treatment with ‘unapproved’ chemicals

The government has recommended use of controversial chemicals for treatment of seeds without prior permission from the Central Insecticide Board …

Record number of chemicals reviewed by UN committee

The review is to list chemicals into the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions' annexes to push for a pollution-free planet

A glut of nitrogen

No laughing matter

A large reservoir of nitrous oxide, a potential greenhouse gas, has been discovered near India's west coast

Indore’s soil is malnourished

Vital nutrients missing: study 

Today's profits, tomorrow's losses

Ecological economics attempts to evaluate the environmental and other external costs that a society pays to produce a commodity

From living in a mud house to a fixed roof, this Malawian farmer knows the value of climate-smart agriculture

Grace Manda from Malawi never thought a climate-resilient method of farming could help her build a fixed roof, send her kids to school, that too …

UN conference calls for global action to save people from toxic chemicals

Delegates agreed though that the key 2020 goal for sound chemical management could not be met by that year

Toxic legacy

Nitrate pollution in California could affect 260,000 people

Death at sea

Pollutants are killing whales near Mexico

Poison in the air

Dahej chemicals factory blast: Is it another case of negligence?

Chemical industries usually neglect the availability of skilled workforce and operate with untrained employees, despite knowing the …

NGT orders shut 15 chemical industrial units in Haryana for flouting norms

Experts express concern, point at state pollution control board for poor implementation