Endosulfan: India in denial

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

Reclaiming Simple Clod

More and more loss

More and more water

More yield per hectare

More and more urea

Fertilisers boost plant growth but imbalanced application soon leads to use-fatigue

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

'FSSAI’s move to shut down two regional offices will give wrong signal'

FSSAI’s move suggests the central regulator is backing down and is not in full control of food safety regulatory enforcement, says Delhi-…

In Short

Field day

India's soils are in a bad shape. T V Jayan investigates

Brain dead

When pencils and paints lead to lower IQ

Junk life

Fast food and slow death

Tropic of cancer

Childhood cancer rates in India are increasing by six per cent every year

Children of a lesser god

Children don't have a voice. They can't lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India's medical establishment and the civil society

Soft Target

Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their …

Farmers responses over pesticide-use effects cannot be considered scientific, petitioners tell SC

Petitioners request Supreme Court to review and consider banning of 135 more pesticides banned outside India

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 …

Stop the cycle of poison

No pesticide check yet

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

Pesticides in our food

There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. …

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

Report highlights use of non-approved pesticides in food items in India

Even as studies point out the use of these pesticides in food commodities, coordination gaps between concerned deparments have not been addressed

COLANISATION'S DIRTY DOZEN

12 brands of cold drinks put to the test the coolest event of our times. They put to the test the most aggressive, glitzy, gutsy, premium, …

CSE’s previous studies on public health issues

From endosulfan poisoning in Kerala to the presence of a carcinogen in bread, CSE has conducted many studies of imminent concern to human beings

Time to nail pesticides

Centre forms expert committee to frame policy to check residues in fruits, vegetables