Farmers' rights grossly violated due to lack of awareness on pesticide spraying: NHRC
NHRC has sent notices to Centre and Maharashtra, demanding detailed report in four weeks
A fungus that can degrade endosulfan identified
The commonly used insecticide was used to get rid of insects in cashew plantations and exposure to it is reported to have led to several health …
Findings reveal how neem cells produce useful chemicals
The study of limonoid biosynthesis in neem tree is of potential significance as it produces agriculturally and pharmacologically important molecules
Judicious use of bioinsecticide may help control filariasis vector
A public health problem in some parts of the country, filariasis is caused by parasitic worms
Farmers responses over pesticide-use effects cannot be considered scientific, petitioners tell SC
Petitioners request Supreme Court to review and consider banning of 135 more pesticides banned outside India
Buttermilk-based bioformulation helps in cotton disease control
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University researchers found that a plant growth promoting rhizo bacteria can be used to fight Tobacco Streak Virus in cotton
Centre wants to ban a host of pesticides: Here’s why
Centre proposes banning monocrotophos, methomyl and carbofuran, three Class I pesticides associated with high levels of toxicity that resulted in …
Dangerous pesticide use: What must be done to protect the health of Kenyans
At least 1,345 pesticide products are registered for use in crop production in Kenya, of which 11 are classified as highly hazardous
Germany to phase out glyphosate by 2023
The country took this step to protect insect populations that play a pivotal role in ecosystems and pollination of food crops
Mid-day meal deaths: forensic report finds high levels of insecticide in cooking oil
Activists reiterate demand of proper handling of insecticide and pesticide containers after use
Fall Armyworm controlled in Odisha
Timely intervention and sustained awareness programmes by state agriculture dept prevented crop loss
Will contract farming law relieve agrarian distress?
Although the proposed law promises to alleviate the suffering of India’s farmers, it needs a research-backed approach
A common class of insecticides puts farmers at high risk of diabetes
Long-term exposure to organophosphate insecticides puts the farming community at a higher risk of developing diabetes, shows a study
Using insecticide-treated mosquito nets for fishing could lead to collapse of fisheries & health hazards
A combinations of insecticides from the nets could also end up in the waterways
Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions
There are alternatives to pesticides including integrated pest management. This is an approach that doesn’t rule out the use of pesticides, …
Cotton saga unravels
Flat yields for five years and rising insecticide use are jeopardising the success of Bt cotton technology
Mid-day meal deaths in Bihar: insecticide poisoning suspected
Doctors treating children who took ill after consuming mid-day meal say they responded to anti-organophosphorous drug
India opposes 2020 deadline for DDT ban
Conference of parties to Stockholm Convention to allow DDT use for malaria control until alternatives become available
No pesticide check yet
Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study
Technology needs stewardship
Keshav Raj Kranthi, an entomologist by training, is director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. He has developed an extensive …
About 97 per cent of endangered species threatened by common pesticides: US agency
In 2016, the WHO had announced that malathion and diazinon are probable carcinogens
Honeytrap
Chemical lures mosquitoes towards insecticides
Let the young ones be
Chemical warfare
Time to get new bed nets
Stinging fact
Pesticides driving decline in bumblebee population