SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

Centre restricts use of common weedicide glyphosate citing health hazards

Experts welcome move but call for a complete ban 

Singapore

Kerala HC bans endosulfan, final decision awaited

Delhi, The biggest culprit

New crop scheme for Punjab farmers

Industrial discharge: seaward ho!

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

INDIA

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Tea pesticide flavoured

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

Shoring up

For India, with fizz

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

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

Taste of toxicity

New study reiterates the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos pesticide

Crisis staved off

In Short

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

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

Stinging fact

Pesticides driving decline in bumblebee population

Poisonous rats

Birds and mammals are dying after eating rodents which have consumed rodenticides

A dangerous pesticide isn’t being monitored in key bird of prey populations — we’re shedding light on that gap

DDT monitoring in raptors is heavily biased toward the global north

IIT-K scientists design mobile pesticide sprayer that runs on solar energy

The device will save labour and time for small and marginal farmers

India supports Asbestos for PIC list

Experiments with established truth