Industrial discharge: seaward ho!

As rivers spill over, the sea becomes the new dumping destination in coastal Gujarat

Gujarat to set up water regulatory commission

EU defends groundwater purity law

Pesticide-ridden Punjab to begin cancer registration

Toxic waste kept for safe disposal in Bharuch catches fire

Authorities clueless Carcinogen NP in a large number of products in India.

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

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

Poor regulators do not a rich country make

Periyar river's pollution is Eloor's bane

Lungful of poison

Punbjab university plays host to pesticide lobby

No pesticide check yet

Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study

300 million sub-Saharan Africans could go hungry due to Fall Armyworm

A pest that feeds on sorghum, millet and maize will cause severe destruction to crops if left unchecked, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

Pesticide Management Bill 2020: What could have made it better

The bill was introduced after much delay

SC directs Centre to submit status report on ban of pesticides

These pesticides have been banned in other countries; but in India, they are being allowed to use & could pose serious health hazards to farmers

Unauthorised use of 4 highly hazardous pesticides, claims report

Unapproved use of chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine and paraquat in crops point to non-compliance with national regulation

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

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

US Environmental Protection Agency allows organophosphates

China bans five pesticides

Contest for pesticide

Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament

Ghost of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Health issues trickled down to future generations, says study

It has more impacts than thought; nearly 4 decades after the tragedy, future generations are afflicted by disabilities and cancer

In Short

Industries to pay for pollution study

Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each