Civil society praises Centre’s draft order banning 27 pesticides

The pesticides in question continue to be used in India, but are already banned, restricted or withdrawn in other countries 

Maharashtra consumed the most chemical pesticides in 5 years: Report

Pesticide consumption in India grew by 13.07 per cent in India between 2014-15 and 2017-18

Pesticide Management Bill 2020: What could have made it better

The bill was introduced after much delay

Unauthorised use of 4 highly hazardous pesticides, claims report

Unapproved use of chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine and paraquat in crops point to non-compliance with national regulation

Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 will hurt farmers’ livelihood, say experts

Experts call for wider consultations on the bill and for it to be placed before a select committee

64% of world’s arable land at risk of pesticide pollution: Study

Asia home to largest land areas at high risk of pesticide pollution

70,000 tonnes of harmful chemicals leach into aquifers from farms every year, some reach oceans: Study

Active agents from pesticides travel far from the agricultural lands they are applied on & even reach oceans

Farmers responses over pesticide-use effects cannot be considered scientific, petitioners tell SC

Petitioners request Supreme Court to review and consider banning of 135 more pesticides banned outside India

Draft Bill faces criticism for making farm workers, dealers responsible for spurious pesticides

Shifting liability from manufacturers to pesticide dealers and farmers in case of any incident was opposed by farmer groups

Pesticide Management Bill 2020 must address important concerns

This is because agriculture in India is largely dependent on chemicals including pesticides and their usage has a huge impact on the health of …

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Centre wants to ban a host of pesticides: Here’s why

Centre proposes banning monocrotophos, methomyl and carbofuran, three Class I pesticides associated with high levels of toxicity that resulted in …

Court penalises Vision Organics for supplying spurious pesticides in MP

This is first-of-its-kind case in Madhya Pradesh where farmers approached court and won

Pests behind Codex standards

Swearing by them is nothing more than laziness and deception of regulators

Yavatmal farmers fight losing battle against pesticide poisoning; pin hopes on Swiss court hearing

There has been an inordinate delay in enacting the Pesticides Management Bill to replace the Insecticides Act of 1968

Simply put: Why pesticide

Why farmers remain uninformed about pesticides and their use

Manufacturers and state governments have done little to inform farmers about approved uses of pesticides and hazards of using illegal ones

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Nidhi Jamwal and Kushal P S Yadav, prosecuted as 'trespassers'

Punjab bans sale of toxic pesticides; CSE urges similar necessary action by the Centre

Calls for Central government to follow suit in the interest of public health

Muddy and misleading

Pesticide industry attempts to 'educate' people on Endosulfan

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FAO, WHO pesticide guidelines seek faster phasing out of toxins

Products with acute toxicity account for the high number of poisoning cases, particularly in the developing countries

Going overboard

Pesticide industry targets activist

USEPA's ethical faux pas

Why multiple committees for reviewing pesticide ban, SC asks government

The apex court sought the reason for appointing several committees when the initial panel had already recommended the banning of 27 pesticides