Fruits of poison

Fruits and vegetables in Pakistan are laced with pesticides

Poisoned food

People in Pakistan are consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals, says a study

Chocolate caution!

Malaysia

Tainted meat

Who killed them?

Bird deaths in the Okhla Bird Sanctuary raise questions

Spraying poison

Despite a government ban on use of some common pesticides in agriculture, our food continues to be contaminated. The there-is-no-alternative …

Faster and sharper

Peptide-based biosensor can detect food contamination by Salmonella in minutes

Put to test

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Killing spree

The colour of chilli

FRANCE may have rejected consignments of chilli powder from India because a banned carcinogenic colouring matter -- Sudan red 1 -- was detected. …

Sanitiser's germ-free gimmick

Dish soap, detergent, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorants, facial tissues and antiseptics—they all kill germs. Rolf Halden, professor at …

Yet another hypothesis to explain decline in vulture population

Another theory has implicated a commonly used veterinary medicine for the large-scale disappearance of vultures from the Indian sub-continent. …

UGANDA

On the rampage

Legislator burns forest camp in Assam's Nameri National Park

Foul feed

Green Party vetoes food safety bill

Oil alert

Tender ones at risk

Children face increasing threat from garden pesticides

Posterity at peril

Unpalatable facts

Nano intruders

Scientists fear nanoparticles may enter the food chain

Unhealthy bloom

Toxic algae render shell fish unfit for consumption in Goa's coastal Canacona region

Explanation rejected