Industrial discharge: seaward ho!

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

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Gujarat to set up water regulatory commission

EU defends groundwater purity law

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Tea pesticide flavoured

Darjeeling's famous brew, laced with pesticides, poses a threat to public health

Shoring up

Poison river

Mythology has named Yamuna after the sister of Yama, the Hindu God of death. With the presence of toxic pesticides and chemicals in the river, …

Profit vs pollution

THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF PESTICIDES: FORGING CONSENSUS FROM CONFLICTING INTERESTS· Peter Hough·Earthscan, London, 1998·£ …

Winds of change

Organic farm in California gets compensation for pesticide drift

Bargarh: How Odisha's rice bowl turned cancer field

Cancer stalks Odisha’s agriculture-intensive Bargarh district raising questions over its link with pesticide overuse

Depression’s other face

Factors linking depression to air pollution, food habits and environmental degradation are not commonly considered

No fertilisers, no pesticides, this Karnataka farmer uses only solar energy

Kailash Murthy’s experiment with natural farming stands out as a model for every small and marginal farmer in the country

For India, with fizz

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

Toxic waste kept for safe disposal in Bharuch catches fire

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

Taste of toxicity

New study reiterates the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos pesticide

Crisis staved off

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Crows drop dead eating insects killed by pesticides in Bihar's Purnea

The birds being scavengers, are an important part of the area's ecology, they say

Supreme Court bans endosulfan

Order to be effective till ICMR submits report

Back from the past

Pesticides that have for decades been out of use are now being detected in fresh products

Silent fields: a cocktail of pesticides is stunting bumblebee colonies across Europe, study shows

The pollen that bumblebees collected and stored in their nests was contaminated with multiple pesticides, an average of eight different compounds …

Kerala to form separate authority to screen vegetables and fruits for pesticides

The state imports 60 per cent of its requirement from other states