Has the Great Indian Bustard just been subjected to a biblical blunder?
The administration in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer, the last stronghold of the bird, has sprayed pesticides in the area where it is found, to kill …
Promotion of pesticides a global health concern: UN experts
A report recently released by United Nations calls for better national and international regulatory framework on pesticides
Government agencies, companies must be accountable for peddling harmful chemicals
The Supreme Court's order to compensate endosulfan victims within three months is a welcome move, but India still needs to strengthen its …
Parliamentary panel finds tobacco harmful for forests
The panel found that financial benefits due to tobacco cultivation were negligible as compared to losses suffered in terms of deaths
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 30, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Back like a bad penny
115 nations, 12 dirty chemicals and a compromise that leaves DDT free to further pollutethe foodchain
There’s no antidote to paraquat herbicide, ban it: Odisha docs to govt
They went on a hunger strike since the “lethal” herbicide killed 171 people in two years
'We can contain the pest'
India's temperature and atmospheric conditions are ideal for the spread of Fall Armyworm
Promoting good food is cheap and the returns are 12 times the investment
For every $1 invested in policies to control lifestyle diseases, the financial returns can ensure millions of lives are saved, says WHO. But is …
New endosulfan ploy
Industry is sidestepping issues by pitching the proposed UN ban on endosulfan as the battle between generics and patented pesticides
Contest for pesticide
Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament
"Governments should try for 100 per cent pure water"
HANS JEURING is the chairperson of Codex Committee on Pesticides Residue (CCPR). It is responsible for establishing maximum limits for pesticide …
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
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·£ …
Toxicitea tangle
Safeguards have been erected to weed out the supplies of tea laden with high pesticide residue levels. But when governments use these benchmarks …
Fall Armyworm attack: Rwanda fights it back successfully
The country couldn’t predict the pest attack owing to few resources, but it successfully minimised its impact within a year of identifying it
Pest attacks on rise across India, yet no discussion on spurious pesticides
As allegedly fake pesticides prove ineffective in controlling pests, farmers resort to indiscriminate spraying
Endosulfan ban to continue
Supreme Court appointed committee fails to submit interim report
Brain drain
Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study
Default drinking water
'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water (…
Wrong to say Bt cotton successful in India: Environmental activists
The GM crop traditionally modified to repel pests has instead induced new pests that can greatly disrupt the ecological balance
Fall Armyworm attack: Maize farmers in Bastar become clueless victims
A good crop the last time is motivating farmers to up the stakes, but they are unaware of the looming danger