Thinking afresh

Agriculturists in India are gradually moving away from chemical pesticides and fertilisers;

Giant leap forward

Bureau of Indian Standards frames draft norms for pesticide residues in soft drinks

Only inaction

On JPC report on pesticide residues in beverages

Centre seeks view on endosulfan

States say all is well with the hazardous pesticide

Karnataka bans endosulfan

State appeals to the Centre for a nationwide ban

Simply put: Farmer suicides continue unabated

Buzz of distress

Thousands of bees are dying in France due to Bayer pesticide

UNITED NATIONS

Fruits of poison

Fruits and vegetables in Pakistan are laced with pesticides

Biomonitors

Indiscriminate pesticide use kills birds in Malda

Threat in the treat

Cost-a DBCP? Sterility, cancer

Pesticide ban lands Kerala in court

Cardamom planters, pesticide makers against the ban

Dwindling numbers

Slow off the mark

Discussions begin on norms for soft drinks, but urgency lacking

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

Pesticide test in 60 minutes

It can make monitoring market samples easy  

Toxic gardens

Deadly shortcomings

Estimates of short-term pesticide exposure require revision

Toxic turnover

Homicide by Pesticides: words of shared concern

Hazardous pesticides

A glut of nitrogen

Tender ones at risk

Children face increasing threat from garden pesticides

Posterity at peril

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