Deadly and still free

An international meeting on phasing out deadly pesticides has just come a cropper

UNITED NATIONS

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Frog leap to oblivion

Pesticides are killing frogs and other amphibian species in the US

Human testing debate resurfaces

Pharmaceutical company seeks to use human data to promote pesticides

Exposing America's toxic burden

Pesticides Action Network's report says Americans carry high pesticide levels in their bodies

Strengthening the act

Amendments proposed to the Insecticides Act seek to give it more muscle and check the growth of spurious pesticides

"Industries are not for the welfare of the consumer"

In the context of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study on pesticides in bottled water, Sharad Yadav, Union minister …

Pesticide scavenger

Modified enzyme neutralises ill-effects of toxic chemicals

Chemical confusion

Notorious endocrine disruptor, BPA, could induce mating between different fish species

Democracy must be worked at

White gold rush

Despite several government programmes, cotton cultivation is riddled with problems

Deadly concoctions

Farmers are not fully aware of the consequences of using chemical pesticides

Deadly increase

Grounded

Endosulfan aerial spraying banned in Kasaragod

Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Vague verdict

Report on endosulfan raises more questions than it answers

Survey exposes Philippines' rice research body

Bytes

Kerala writes to Tamil Nadu over chemical contamination of vegetables

The state requires 30 lakh tonne of vegetables every year and produces only 40 per cent of its requirements, thus importing the rest from neighbours

Pesticides, food additives and scientific lies

Calculated Risks: The toxicity and human health risks of chemicals in our environment Joseph V Rodricks . Publisher: Cambridge University Press, …

The dirty dozen

Twelve of the deadliest toxins known to humans were recently the focus of a debate between 92 nations seeking ways and means to curb their use

What's eating the vulture?

There were 2,000 vultures in Bharatpur's Keoladeo National Park during the 1980s. In 1998 experts could spot only four . Ornithologist …

Mercury link

Ice cover controls mercury degradation

Confess now

Print pesticide levels on soft drinks, court orders colas