Europe to phase out major pesticides

EU decides to withdraw about 320 substances used in plant protection products - including pesticides, fungicides and herbicides - from markets by …

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

Can endosulfan be exported?

Supreme Court asks panel to explore possibilities of disposing of the pesticide  

SC extends endosulfan ban

Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod  

New endosulfan ploy

Industry is sidestepping issues by pitching the proposed UN ban on endosulfan as the battle between generics and patented pesticides

Rules and renegades

Pesticide regulations in India are lax. The industry has exploited the loopholes to corrupt the system. And the government has turned a blind eye …

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?

A revolution gone awry

Easy access to agro-chemicals in Sri Lanka blamed for public health scare

Endosulfan: India in denial

Agriculture minister claims several states had asked him not to ban the pesticide

Industrial discharge: seaward ho!

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

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

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

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

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

Industries to pay for pollution study

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