The rise and fall of a chemical

DDT use goes back to World War II

Fear instinct

Frogs see common herbicide as predator

Chromium digesters

Bacteria can absorb the toxic chemical

Pesticides raise dementia risk

Direct exposure increases chances of poor cognitive abilities

Enervating effect

Once a common pesticide, DDT may be responsible for falling male fertility worldwide

Dying a green death

Killer cornered

Persistent weed killers meet their match

Tea pesticide flavoured

Darjeeling's famous brew, laced with pesticides, poses a threat to public health

Award for ecosecurity

For his outstanding work in fighting malaria, V P Sharma gets the Green Scientist Award 2001

GM blues

Controversy dogs Bt cotton clearance as debate over transgenics continues

Bird calls

Another pesticide treadmill

Pesticide peril

An Austrian report calls for a ban on the pesticide lindane

Poisoned strawberries

Infertile growth

Pesticide affects women

Bees lose way

How common pesticides affect bee populations

Pesticide guard

Plant hormone can protect rice from toxic effects of chemicals

Needed: People's participation

Communities and state governments have to play a more important role

Hassan: Holding on

MRC's operations are still going on in this Karnataka district, but their fate is uncertain

Kheda: Forgotten glory

This is where it all started. And now, there is no sign of past successes

Chennai: beginning of a new policy

New bye-laws might help in dealing with malaria

Pondichery: The gnats live on

Even the memory of initial success of bioenvironmental approach has been wiped off

Goa: Back to square one

For mysterious reasons, the state government is highly sceptical of the MRC's work

Taste of toxicity

New study reiterates the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos pesticide

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