Bad business

Trade of pollutants thrives in India, says a Greenpeace report

POPs talk

A meeting to eliminate persistent organic pollutants throws up more questions than answers

Weed out the menace

Simple method to biodegrade DDT pesticide

DDT use endorsed

Bare facts

Pact on POPs

India signs Stockholm Convention

Wising up after the quake

America bugged

Eco-friendly killings

Freedom from DDT

Study finds sperm count decreasing worldwide

Scientists cannot explain why both the quality and quantity of sperm have been dropping since the 1940s. Indications are pollutants may be …

DDT milk

Distant warnings

Liquid danger

Government agencies acknowledge that Delhi's water is unfit for drinking

Pest of a problem

Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector

Whale of a problem

Sea of chemicals

Falling eagles

Eagles in Japan are dying due to pesticides

Pesticide use results in dwindling exports

Despite restrictions on harmful pesticides, their use by farmers continues. This is forcing foreign countries to reduce imports substantially of …

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

Unsung babies

Exposure to ddt increases the risk of child mortality

End of innocence

Children exposed to DDT attain early puberty

Playing with poison

It is better to act early, than wait for ddt to take its toll on humans

Biomonitoring breastmilk

In april this year, California became the first us state to introduce a bill to biomonitor breast milk. Activists and researchers hope that once …

USA's body burden

People here carry a cocktail of pesticides in their bodies