Simply Put: Poisoned meals

Simply put: Farmer suicides continue unabated

India bears world’s highest health, economic burden due to lead poisoning: Centre

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh have highest average blood lead levels, a CSIR and Niti Aayog …

Death by pesticides: farmers continue to die as India flouts global norms

The pesticides that have killed 272 farmers in Maharashtra in the last four years are banned in most countries

Unhealthy levels of arsenic in water could exacerbate health concerns when used to boil rice

Rice, staple of over half of humanity, already has more arsenic than other grains; washing or boiling it with arsenic-contaminated water poses …

Pesticide Management Bill 2020 must address important concerns

This is because agriculture in India is largely dependent on chemicals including pesticides and their usage has a huge impact on the health of …

Draft Pesticide Management Bill, 2017 not comprehensive enough: PAN India

PAN India, a non-profit working on pesticides submitted its concerns over the Bill and demanded transparent consultation process before finalisation

Farmers responses over pesticide-use effects cannot be considered scientific, petitioners tell SC

Petitioners request Supreme Court to review and consider banning of 135 more pesticides banned outside India

Centre wants to ban a host of pesticides: Here’s why

Centre proposes banning monocrotophos, methomyl and carbofuran, three Class I pesticides associated with high levels of toxicity that resulted in …

Climate change-driven sea-level rise could increase arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh: Study

India, too, suffers from a high burden, with Bihar showing an upsurge in cases affected by arsenic poisoning

A third of world’s children are poisoned by lead, says UNICEF report

India accounts for 275,561,163 of these children; lead levels in blood of Indian children show they can lose four intelligence quotient points …

Simply put: Why pesticide

Pesticide consumption a leading cause of suicides worldwide: Report

Up to 168,000 people kill themselves by ingesting pesticides annually, it said

Only 38% UN members have laws for minimum lead concentration in paints

This is worrying as lead contamination can have adverse health impacts on humans

There’s no antidote to paraquat herbicide, ban it: Odisha docs to govt

They went on a hunger strike since the “lethal” herbicide killed 171 people in two years

Eluru mystery disease: What needs to be done

Lead contamination in water samples, nickel poisoning in milk and pesticides in vegetables are being investigated

Bargarh: How Odisha's rice bowl turned cancer field

Cancer stalks Odisha’s agriculture-intensive Bargarh district raising questions over its link with pesticide overuse

United Phosphorus loses 22-year-old defamation case against Sanctuary Asia

The magazine had reported on how UPL's chemcial and pesticide units were worsening pollution scenario in Vapi

64% of world’s arable land at risk of pesticide pollution: Study

Asia home to largest land areas at high risk of pesticide pollution

Fruit flies develop specific defences against common bacteria; may explain human susceptibility to infections

Bacteria in their food and environment mould the immune systems of fruit flies, notes study

Draft Bill faces criticism for making farm workers, dealers responsible for spurious pesticides

Shifting liability from manufacturers to pesticide dealers and farmers in case of any incident was opposed by farmer groups

Kabwe lead poisoning: Fresh evidence filed against mining company on behalf of over 100,000 victims

Two law firms are pursuing a class action lawsuit against mining giant Anglo American South Africa

Study sheds light on how salmonella bacteria infect plants

Researchers found that unlike other disease-causing bacteria, salmonella sneaks in through a tiny gap created when a lateral root …

A dangerous pesticide isn’t being monitored in key bird of prey populations — we’re shedding light on that gap

DDT monitoring in raptors is heavily biased toward the global north

Video of hundreds of birds dying of poisoning in Assam goes viral; suspects identified

The birds, identified as spotted doves, are found abundantly in the region and are native to Asia