Study finds high level of pharma contaminants in Cauvery

Water quality and levels of pharmaceutical contaminants in the Cauvery influenced by the monsoon season, according to a study

Chemical connection

Prolonged exposure to pesticides can lead to Type-2 diabetes

We don’t know much about air pollutants that cause every eighth death in India

Researchers at Yale University find that molecular makeup of a pollutant varies despite it being from the same environment

Stockholm Convention to take final call on 5 Persistent Organic Pollutants

United Nations Environment Programme’s proposal to list chlorpyrifos as POP was resisted by India

Parties to Stockholm Convention endorse agroecology as the best alternative to endosulfan

Pesticide’s use restricted to limited number of crops

Certifying organic food in India needs further support

Ethylene oxide standards missing in India; standards needed for all chemicals in the food system

Cleaner, greener: Can architects help maintain natural correction?

Infrastructure is the backbone of any growing economy and fixing the way we build it can help address air pollution concerns 

Centre favours manufacture of endosulfan

Says disposal will cost Rs 210 crore while using existing raw material stock to manufacture the pesticide will increase crop production

Alternatives to endosulfan

FAO to give suggestions on the pesticide to committee on persistent organic pollutants

Use of toxic chemical HBCD severely restricted under Stockholm Convention

The persistent organic pollutant is used in building insulation, especially in the EU

Pesticide manufacturers want to export more endosulfan

Apex court asks them to file application

Clean energy fund to be used for cleaning 12 toxic dump sites

States asked to bear 60 per cent cost

Push to strengthen Basel Convention regional centres

Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor