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Poison on the plate

Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children

An urge to act

Will the new animal welfare Act balance interests of animals and humans?

Not so hard to crack

A rare fungus threatens Indian walnuts

New labels on beef

Unsafe or secure?

Amid the gloom surrounding RJF data, an experiment in Haryana gives some hope

Birds of a feather

Is the RJF extinct in the wild?

Bioterrorism? Child's play

Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers

'Bad science' bogey

Lobbies use the old trick

Stratagems vs strategy

Governments, industries gang up against WHO's plan

Killer disease

The world is getting fatter, sicker

Menstrual leave, neurodiversity, chronic illnesses: What if workplaces adapted to our bodies?

Are timetables and workplaces based on our individual biologies the way forward?

Warming temperatures increasing pest attacks, reducing yield, claim Rajasthan farmers

New and wider infestations by pests causing mass destruction of harvest

Saudi Arabia reports 6 new MERS cases, 4 deaths in last 6 months

Household contacts tested negative; infected camels quarantined 

El Salvador becomes first central American country to be declared malaria-free

The country has not recorded any indigenous case of malaria since 2017

FSSAI halves maximum limit for trans fatty acids in oils

It is now up to the industry to comply with these new standards in the stipulated time

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Sweet-heart trouble

Evidence implicating sugar in heart disease builds up

Common antibiotic linked to cardiac death

Drug increases the risk of potentially fatal heart rhythm problems

Dust off the rust

Adequate research-funding can check stem rust resurgence

Pray before you spray

Household cleaning products cause cardiac diseases

What's ticking?

Of plants and bees

Depleting honeybees threaten biodiversity

Purity undermined