Requiem

It was a strong anti -adulteration law aimed at the standardising of food stuffs. Stronger industrial lobbies and vested interests helped it die …

Farewell to fertilisers

The Netherlands' position as an agricultural superpower stands threatened... unless it shifts to eco-friendlier organic cultivation

Spray and forget

A clear, comprehensive policy on pesticide use and awareness about its harmful effects can help in solving the problems

DEFINING SAFETY

"All substances are poisons; the right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy". Modern food regulation is about determining what that right …

Pesticides leading cause of poisoning in India: Study

The second-most common cause of poisoning was miscellaneous agents, followed by drugs, venoms and corrosives

New fungicide is eco-benign

Scientists are thrilled by the discovery that fungal enzymes called chitinases are environment friendly fungicides.

Ashes to assets

Scientists come up with a way to make pure precipitate silica for industrial use

"Red army" thereatens crops

Fungicide liabilities

Garlic guard

DDT use endorsed

Marigold magic

An insecticide obtained from marigold flowers is effective against mosquito larvae

A pox on pests

Fatal blow

The truth about frogs

Scientists in the US are trying to find out the reason fordeformities in frogs

MONEYMAKERS

Dumped dangers

Asbestos to figure in dangerous chemicals' list

Stronger curbs

On pesticide in France

Smell of danger

Plant's scent attracts protective insects

What Dubey did

How a report came to endorse endosulfan use in Kerala

Painstakingly sinful

US EPA hell bent on human trials for pesticides

Big bite

As the malaria parasite and its mosquito carrier become increasingly immune to pesticides and drugs, a recourse to vaccines seems to be the only …

The chlorine bomb

An used chlor-alkali plant is slipped through lax Indian laws on the import of hazardous technology

A pest of a problem

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