Another Kasaragod

Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media …

Endosulfan banned, conditionally

India agrees to ban the hazardous pesticide globally, asks for exemptions at home

Residue standards for organic food is a step in the right direction:CSE

FSSAI's new regulations for residue standards to certify food as organic is in alignment with international best practices 

Alphonso’s last call?

The world’s best mango is perishing in coastal Maharashtra, which grows most of the crop. The culprits are climate change and unsustainable …

Farmers in tech trap

Cotton cultivators are on a seed and pesticide treadmill that is draining them of traditional skills  

Bottled water norms notified

More new norms wanted

We found to our horror

By regulation, the soft drink industry must use "potable" water. But what's that? Who ensures municipalities meet standards? What …

‘Stopping GM trials is anti-farmer’

Genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrid DMH-11 developed by Delhi University’s Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants ran into …

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Why environmental degradation is a big health risk

Down To Earth and Centre for Science and Environment jointly release Body Burden 2015, an annual health report

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The pesticide is the point

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

Chidambaram leaves Bhopal gas disaster survivors disappointed

Survivors' organisations demand corrections in curative petition

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

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 …

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 …

Into the ginger trap

Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution

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 …

Joint committee favours endosulfan exports

Cites lack of pesticide disposal facility

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

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Contaminating millets

There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs