When battered people took on the pesticide industry

In Short

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

Letters

Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies

Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre

Polluting unit in Rajasthan gets clean chit

Activists are fighting the Rajasthan Board for Prevention and Control of Pollution's sudden decision to clear the Pesticides India Ltd factory at …

Poison present

Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …

Endosulfan declared not guilty

Good news for the ever manipulative pesticide industry: the Dubey committee -- a panel of experts set up by the Registration Committee of the …

LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN

KUSHAL P S YADAV blows the lid off dirty tactics adopted to give clean chit to endosulfan

Book Review

Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - A report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5

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?

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 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

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

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