In court

Being egged on

The battle for control of our bodies

Viral flight

Bird flu reported among wild migratory birds in China

No evidence of COVID-19 transmission through food, say scientists

Packaging of food is not a source of contamination, according to experts 

Your food might be growing in contaminated soil

Soil pollution poses a major risk to human health by impairing plant metabolism and making crops unsafe for consumption

US overhauls law on chemical safety; India should follow suit

As the US focuses on more stringent safety tests for chemicals, India needs to replicate a similar model to curb indiscriminate use of pesticides

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Industrial processing contaminates tea

A pre-emptive strike against Monsanto

American organic farmers are trying to ensure the biotech giant cannot sue them

Kerala gets cautious

Plans to ban extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in cardamom district, Idukki

The dumber number game

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Is chemical the culprit?

Scientists in Bihar find a plausible link between pesticides and breast cancer

What it takes to deliver midday meal

Pesticide fatigue

Makes the busy bee a lazy pollinator

Baby food contaminated with endocrine disruptor bisphenol A

US reaction to cola controversy exaggerrated India Inc

Superbug prompts antibiotics policy

Standard treatment guidelines will determine drug prescription

The results

The study

CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tested 12 branded honey samples for 6 antibiotics. These antibiotics are reportedly used for disease …

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We created a new material from orange peel that can clean up mercury pollution: researchers

When researchers combined two industrial waste products, they created a material that could clean up mercury

A revolution gone awry

Easy access to agro-chemicals in Sri Lanka blamed for public health scare

EU bans Indian guar gum