Endosulfan manufacturers seek time on how to dispose of unused stocks of the pesticide
Supreme Court to meet on November 11
Endosulfan manufactures file amendment application in Karnataka High Court
Question rationale behind baning endosulfan in the state
News 360 - Brief
Lost in plantation
Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …
Prominent Indian tea brands contain pesticides: Greenpeace
Study finds 67 per cent of tested samples of packed tea leaves contained banned pesticide DDT; some samples had acutely poisonous monocrotophos
Chidambaram leaves Bhopal gas disaster survivors disappointed
Survivors' organisations demand corrections in curative petition
Keeping cancer alive
Punjab has been in the grip of cancer for over a decade but the government has ignored the threat. Sonal Matharu reports with photographer …
Supreme Court reminder to FSSAI on monitoring pesticides in food commodities
Non-profit Centre for Science and Environment says food regulatory body should also periodically test packaged and processed food, including soft …
Into the ginger trap
Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution
India softens its stand on endosulfan
Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial
Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide
Joint committee favours endosulfan exports
Cites lack of pesticide disposal facility
Science and Technology - Briefs
Contaminating millets
There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs
New Zealand okays poison 1080, despite concerns
Rotterdam Convention meet: no consensus on including herbicide paraquat in the prior informed consent list
120 nations had agreed to the listing, but India and Gautemala played spoilsport
To bring back bees, European commission to impose temporary ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use in farms
Move to be reviewed after two years
Kidney conundrum
A mysterious chronic kidney disease is afflicting a large number of people in India and Sri Lanka. Despite decades of studies, scientists are …
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