Letters

Involuntary sex change

This is next in the series of frog extinction events

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"

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

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

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.…

Elemental woe

Pesticide causes blindness in fish in Punjab

Vitamin shield

Eat lots of fruits and vegetables to lessen pesticides’ effects

US undermines scientists in assessing chemicals

Don’t touch

Half the toys tested have unsafe phthalate levels

Toxic harvest

Eating rice grown in arsenic-contaminated water can damage genes

Hunt on for toxins in toys

Committee set to test toxicity in toys in India

Uranium traces in Punjab children

The search for the source has just begun

Don’t make a mash of it

Test tube brinjal

A free ride

India and China, largest toy producer, do not regulate phthalates  

The new obesity

A growing number of people are unable to shed those extra pounds despite strict diet regimes and long hours of workout. Evidence shows that the …