‘Approval of GM mustard may threaten food security, increase pesticide tolerance’

Activists write to environment ministry against allowing commercial use of genetically modified crops

Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions

There are alternatives to pesticides including integrated pest management. This is an approach that doesn’t rule out the use of pesticides, …

Toxins found yet again, this time in PET bottles of five soft drinks brands

Government study also confirms significant increase in leaching with the rise in room temperature

Andhra to promote chemical free cultivation

State's rural development and agriculture departments to work together to encourage organic farming

The unholy accrual

Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins

Union Budget 2022-23: How will ‘Kisan Drones’ benefit farmers, experts ask

‘Spraying pesticides and fertilisers will help industries the most‘

What drives pesticide use

Study says land simplification has no link to use of pesticide

Technology needs stewardship

Keshav Raj Kranthi, an entomologist by training, is director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. He has developed an extensive …

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

Who will salvage Punjab from pesticides, drugs and cancer?

The success story of Green Revolution turned into a harrowing reality with land and water contamination showing a trickle-down effect on economy …

Exposure to pesticide can cause diseases after three generations

Study says methoxychlor exposure may have a role in today's increasing obesity rate and diseases

Can business be responsible

The dumber number game

Pesticide endangers fish

Koi decimated, claims study

Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …

Pollution pays

Whenever the issue of how to end pollution is raised, it hits a block: technology. Take the case of air pollution: among other things, the issue …

Is chemical the culprit?

Scientists in Bihar find a plausible link between pesticides and breast cancer

A few questions

Time to nail pesticides

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

In Short

Most pollution-related workplace deaths in countries with highest GDP: Lancet report

India fares better, ranks 40; United Kingdom worst-performing; United States occupies 18th position

Karnataka's endosulfan victims to 'fast unto death' for better compensation

Neighbouring state Kerala has provided monetary compensation worth Rs 180 crores along with other facilities 

Democracy must be worked at

Hike in soy production in Brazil linked to higher child cancer deaths, finds study

Notes rise in pesticide use with soy expansion; timely mitigation mitigated link between expansion and cancer incidences

Industries to pay for pollution study

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