Sambhar: The lake where thousands of birds died

Toxicity is being suspected, as is avian disease. But none are confirmed

Partial good sense

Expert team meets Johnson & Johnson victims; may skirt base amount

Company representatives present its side too

Policies must be aimed at building capacity of soils, not promoting agrochemicals: experts

Scientists and practitioners deliberate on how to reverse soil degradation by taking cognizance of principal causes and policy gaps

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. …

Letters

Involuntary sex change

This is next in the series of frog extinction events

Your food might be growing in contaminated soil

Soil pollution poses a major risk to human health by impairing plant metabolism and making crops unsafe for consumption

The aftermath

Pesticide test in 60 minutes

It can make monitoring market samples easy  

"BT Brinjal cannot be grown commercially till safety issues are sorted out"

Industrial waste causes havoc in Karachi

Pakistan feels the heat of toxicity

Toxic or not

Fear instinct

Frogs see common herbicide as predator

Bhopal waste is not safe

Reveals RTI reply

Metals blunt drugs

How heavy metals foster antibiotic resistance

Beer, wine contaminated with glyphosate: US study

Report flags widespread contamination of farms leading to significant glyphosate levels in beer and wine

Gay by mercury

Water contamination may alter white ibises’ hormones

Pray before you spray

Household cleaning products cause cardiac diseases

Toxins in the womb

Organic pollutants lead to neural defects, study confirms

India’s agrarian distress: Can we revive our fatigued soils

Intensive cultivation and improper nutrient replenishment have affected soil fertility. Stagnating or declining yields are the telltales

GM maize and its health implications for humans

Michael Antoniou, head of the Nuclear Biology Group in the UK, has been studying the health effects of genetically modified (GM) crops since 1995.…

No silver lining

Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being …

Elemental woe

Tartaric acid in, aluminium out

Cheaper, eco-friendly method to tackle soil toxicity