Centre relaxes environmental clearance for sugar mills

MoEFCC notification comes at a time when sugar mills owe Rs 22,000 crore to farmers for cane supplied in 2017-18

Sugary drinks can be major cause for type 2 diabetes: study

Harmful effects of fructose sugars on blood glucose seem to be mediated by energy and food source, warns a review

Health in news on May 10

Sugar industry sees red over FSSAI's draft regulations, HC slams government hospital for discrimination of HIV patient

Hazards of sugar may be under reported

The sugar industry sponsered a study on coronary heart disease which downplayed sugar as a risk factor

Food fudge: What India can do to make its front-of-pack labelling robust

Countries have tried different labelling formats, but warning labels have emerged as the most effective in guiding consumers to make healthy food …

Honey fraud: No bold FSSAI move but ads from erring brands grew, says CSE

Advertising volumes for honey category grew nine times in print and four times in digital media in December

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Ganguly panel confirms pesticide in soft drinks

Tips to check quality of some common foods

Some simple tests to check oil, honey, sugar and other items for adulteration

Killing you sweetly

High sugar intake is the primary cause of diabetes epidemic

FSSAI expert group recommendations on junk food regulation add nothing new

Its report asks for additional tax on junk food and ban on advertising such foods on children's shows but has no plan for implementation

Minor change in your diet can reduce water use for agriculture: study

Dietary change can potentially improve resilience of Indian food system in the face of future groundwater decline

Letters

India needs to balance food production with climate goals

If India wants to increase its food production without missing its climate targets, then it will need new science and technology solutions as …

South Africa to impose tax on sugary drinks from April 2018

South African parliament has passed a tax bill on carbonated drinks, which are now the third most commonly consumed beverage among very young …

An open letter to Devendra Fadnavis

As the new chief minister of Maharashtra wins the trust vote in the state Assembly, these are a few things that need his urgent attention

Simbhaoli Sugar Mills fined Rs 5 crore for polluting Ganga

National Green Tribunal orders another polluting units, Gopaljee Dairy, to pay Rs 25 lakh

NGT fines Gangakhed sugar factory for polluting fishing lake, canal in Maharashtra

National Green Tribunal asks sugar factory in Parbhani district to pay Rs 5 lakh to restore Mannat lake and canal polluted with molasses and …

High fructose corn syrup worse than sugar, finds study

The two sweeteners differ in their effects on body‎

WHO releases policy recommendations to protect children from harmful effects of food marketing

Food marketing involves the use of numerous persuasive techniques to influence children's food attitudes, preferences & consumption  

Food Systems Summit: ‘Supports to farmers keeping the world away from SDGs and the Paris Agreement’

United Nations calls for repurposing and reforming price-distorting and environmentally harmful supports to farmers

WHO should take a holistic view

Though the global health organisation talks about chemical residues in food, it has not put special emphasis on pesticides. It is also silent on …

Sweetly worked

Sugar substitutes are an unhealthy business

Junk food monster: Communicating diseases

A lab study by the Centre for Science and Environment has found extremely high levels of salt, fat and trans fat in junk foods responsible for …

Death rate has declined globally since 2006

The leading causes of global deaths declined by 30% in just a decade, says a latest study, which is the world’s largest scientific …