Dying fish

To protect India’s bees, we need to understand their impact on agricultural practices

 Farmers worry about effect of genetically modified crops on honey bees

Follow Up

Not so fair: Gabon, Jamaica & Sri Lanka launch $14-mn project to eliminate mercury use in skin-lighteners

Mercury can endanger the nervous, digestive and immune systems, lungs and kidneys and may be fatal

Can fast-moving glaciers contribute to sea-level rise?

Sea-level rise depends on how meltwater drainage operates and modulates the speeds of glaciers

Which one's the poison?

Ban lifted on fishing in Sutlej

Discharge of effluents into the river had caused large-scale fish deaths, leading to the curbs

UGANDA

Arsenic risk

Different for different people, suggests study

Delhi has joined several Indian states in banning glue pads for rodent control. But what about poison?

Despite well-known dangers, anticoagulant rodenticides remain a popular, unregulated method to control rats in India

EAST AFRICA

PERU

Arsenic linked to diabetes

Starving hens now an offence

Animal Welfare Board says practice a violation of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act

Now arsenic in Karnataka

Peafowl deaths in Punjab linked to pesticides

Fishy deaths

The mystery of large-scale fish fatalities in the Yamuna near Agra and the conflicting official theoriesA report by Prabhanjan Verma

Red alert on Indian spices

Spice Board challenges US food department’s claims over salmonella contamination

Nightmare in Europe

The Danube river system will take several years to rid itself of the cyanide

Rock of great hope

Local rock formations help Mexicans to remove arsenic from water

CSE’s previous studies on public health issues

From endosulfan poisoning in Kerala to the presence of a carcinogen in bread, CSE has conducted many studies of imminent concern to human beings

Low on mussel power

Ecological imbalance in the coastal areas of Kerala has caused food poisoning in people who consumed marine mussel

Forced destruction

Unless affordable technology is provided to the fisherfolk, the survival of Lake Victoria in Kenya will remain under threat

Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies

Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre

E coli outbreak in EU

India alerts ports that receive fruits, vegetables from Europe