Orphans of the river
Riverine fisherfolk, arguably the oldest among traders, are being sold down the river. An unholy synergy of poisoned rivers, government apathy …
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 …
Farmers' rights grossly violated due to lack of awareness on pesticide spraying: NHRC
NHRC has sent notices to Centre and Maharashtra, demanding detailed report in four weeks
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
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
Poisonous deeds
Using copper sulphate crystals to catch fish in the waters of Kerala result in their greater mortality
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
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
'Kernel the culprit'
Human rights panel report confirms that food poisoning, not starvation, caused deaths in Orissa's Kashipur district
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 …
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 …
Government agencies, companies must be accountable for peddling harmful chemicals
The Supreme Court's order to compensate endosulfan victims within three months is a welcome move, but India still needs to strengthen its …
Plastic litter in oceans to outweigh fish population by 2050
Plastic production has surged over the past 50 years, from 15 million tonnes in 1964 to 311 million tonnes in 2014
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
Victory for Bangla arsenic victims
The High Court in London confirmed that the British Geological Survey has a reasonable case to answer and that the victims have a realistic …
Mid-day meal deaths in Bihar: insecticide poisoning suspected
Doctors treating children who took ill after consuming mid-day meal say they responded to anti-organophosphorous drug
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
Why India continues to use lethal pesticides
Death of cotton farmers due to pesticide poisoning in the Vidarbha region raises vital questions about the government's attitude towards …
Sixty per cent of Indus-Ganga basin groundwater unfit for drinking, irrigation
Up to a depth of 200 metres, 37 per cent of groundwater has high levels of arsenic, finds study
Zimbabwe’s gold rush leaves small-scale miners vulnerable to mercury poisoning
The highly toxic substance used to extract gold from ore leads to a number of complications
Avoiding harm - how simple a duty is it?
The London High Court judgment on arsenic poisoning cases in Bangladesh explicity clears the way for affected people to claim compensation. …
