Civil society praises Centre’s draft order banning 27 pesticides

The pesticides in question continue to be used in India, but are already banned, restricted or withdrawn in other countries 

Maharashtra consumed the most chemical pesticides in 5 years: Report

Pesticide consumption in India grew by 13.07 per cent in India between 2014-15 and 2017-18

Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 will hurt farmers’ livelihood, say experts

Experts call for wider consultations on the bill and for it to be placed before a select committee

Pesticide Management Bill 2020: What could have made it better

The bill was introduced after much delay

64% of world’s arable land at risk of pesticide pollution: Study

Asia home to largest land areas at high risk of pesticide pollution

Draft Bill faces criticism for making farm workers, dealers responsible for spurious pesticides

Shifting liability from manufacturers to pesticide dealers and farmers in case of any incident was opposed by farmer groups

Pesticide Management Bill 2020 must address important concerns

This is because agriculture in India is largely dependent on chemicals including pesticides and their usage has a huge impact on the health of …

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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 …

Court penalises Vision Organics for supplying spurious pesticides in MP

This is first-of-its-kind case in Madhya Pradesh where farmers approached court and won

Pests behind Codex standards

Swearing by them is nothing more than laziness and deception of regulators

Simply put: Why pesticide

Why farmers remain uninformed about pesticides and their use

Manufacturers and state governments have done little to inform farmers about approved uses of pesticides and hazards of using illegal ones

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Nidhi Jamwal and Kushal P S Yadav, prosecuted as 'trespassers'

Punjab bans sale of toxic pesticides; CSE urges similar necessary action by the Centre

Calls for Central government to follow suit in the interest of public health

Muddy and misleading

Pesticide industry attempts to 'educate' people on Endosulfan

FAO, WHO pesticide guidelines seek faster phasing out of toxins

Products with acute toxicity account for the high number of poisoning cases, particularly in the developing countries

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Going overboard

Pesticide industry targets activist

USEPA's ethical faux pas

Ethical poser

US mulls use of data from pesticide tests on humans

Cancer state

Big fish seek shield

Poison check

Death by pesticides: farmers continue to die as India flouts global norms

The pesticides that have killed 272 farmers in Maharashtra in the last four years are banned in most countries