IN SHORT

Hindon river Gasping for breath

Cotton conundrum

The powers that be are hanging fire on Bt cotton despite long and intensive research. Indira Khurana delves into the baffling issue

Rules and renegades

Pesticide regulations in India are lax. The industry has exploited the loopholes to corrupt the system. And the government has turned a blind eye …

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?

E-waste toxins in mum’s milk

Urban people more at risk

Centre seeks view on endosulfan

States say all is well with the hazardous pesticide

In court

In Court

India still in endosulfan denial

International review committee pushes for global ban

Endosulfan banned, conditionally

India agrees to ban the hazardous pesticide globally, asks for exemptions at home

Karnataka bans endosulfan

State appeals to the Centre for a nationwide ban

The age of discovery

Research in rice genomics could be the key to eradicating hunger through environmentally sustainable methods, says Latha Rangan

Don’t touch

Half the toys tested have unsafe phthalate levels

Bayer to phase out toxic pesticides

Environmentalists say withdrawal because of economic viability

Scientists get legal notice for highlighting health hazards of endosulfan

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28

HONGKONG

Clipped wings

Modern farmland practices are leading to the extinction of many bird species in the UK

Gujarat to set up water regulatory commission

IN COURT

EPA bans lindane

Prominent Indian tea brands contain pesticides: Greenpeace

Study finds 67 per cent of tested samples of packed tea leaves contained banned pesticide DDT; some samples had acutely poisonous monocrotophos

Even the womb does not protect against pesticides

Air pollution is certainly an enemy of health. But there are others that may be even nastier. Chlorpyrifos -- a pesticide that can easily enter …

Science & Technology - Briefs

State of endosulfan

Ban on the pesticide in Kerala ineffective; more children fall victim, shows survey