Punjab farmers try religious route to shun pesticides

Ask religious institutions to grow organic crops and accept organic crops as donation for langars

Win some, lose some

Experts debate the phasing out of methyl bromide, a chemical with potent ozone-depleting qualities

Kolar: The dilemma continues

Although the MRC's work is still going on, the community remains has not been educated to continue with it

Hardwar: Not without help

The malaria control operations have been successful only because of help from a large public sector corporation

Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

After the People met

The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?

Book Review

Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - A report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5

Modified and making trouble

Since its inception, the agro-biotech industry has had a unique selling proposition -- transgenic crops need lesser herbicides/pesticides than …

Default drinking water

'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water (…

Punjab wants farmers to stay away from 9 pesticides. Will it help?

Europe tightened import norms since 2018, has shown reluctance to import basmati rice with pesticide residues earlier

Home truths

Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…

Toxic Alert

In large doses, cadmium is carcinogenic. A study now shows that even chronic exposure to the heavy metal in low doses causes breast cancer. …

Toxic punch: heavy use of pesticides depleting local fish and bird populations

Study from West Bengal documents 94 brands of pesticides, farmers most influenced by local dealers

While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world

Glyphosate is now showing up in humans, but scientists are still debating its health effects. One thing is clear: Because it’s a cheap …

Back in f(l)avour

Entry of high yielding hybrid rice has spelt doom for traditional diversity in the Konkan belt. Thanks to a science academy, the ancient legacy …

Wash out

In the guise of making washing easy, detergents are directing a chemical fusillade at the environment in the absence of regulation, discovers …

India cannot afford organic farming

S K SINHA national professor at the Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, spoke to Manish Tiwari on food …

Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …

Another Kasaragod

Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media …

Relief given at last to Kerala’s endosulfan victims

Package includes committee to examine need for tribunal to provide compensation; excluded victims, kin and caregivers to benefit

Europe to phase out major pesticides

EU decides to withdraw about 320 substances used in plant protection products - including pesticides, fungicides and herbicides - from markets by …

This gel can protect farmers from toxic pesticides

Researchers at Institute for Stem Cell Science & Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, developed poly-Oxime that deactivates toxic chemicals, …

India needs a comprehensive approach to prevent pesticide related suicides

Most persons who engage in suicidal behaviour don't want to die but the government lacks proper data on the incidence of pesticide poisoning …

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

Toxic truths

A soil bacterium produces a lethal toxin which kills insects as they chew their way into a plant