Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis said on Thursday that the district administration had identified five acres of land at Senapura village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district for setting up a Permanent
The world’s most widely used insecticide is an inadvertent contraceptive for bees, cutting live sperm in males by almost 40%, according to research. The study also showed the neonicotinoid pesticides cut
U.S. seed company Monsanto Co (MON.N) turned down a sweetened $64 billion (49 billion pounds) acquisition offer from Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE), but said it was open to further talks with the German healthcare
New regulations have been passed to prevent the import of pesticides that could harm consumers and the environment. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment adopted seven new measures to register
Thiruvananthapuram: The government will examine the need to conduct a comprehensive study in the Endosulfan-affected areas in the state, especially Kasaragod district, covering aspects including the changes
<p>Serum concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in U.S. women are believed to be among the world’s highest, however, little information exists on the partitioning of PBDEs between
An application to use neonicotinoid pesticides to protect winter oilseed rape has been refused by government for the second time. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) concluded
The European commission has given a last-minute reprieve to glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s bestselling Roundup weedkiller, just hours before it faced a recall from shops across the continent.
The Coordinator of the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA), Winta Sintayehu, yesterday disclosed that The Gambia has been selected among the six countries in the region to lead the fight
The European Commission is extending by 18 months its approval for weed-killer glyphosate, used in Monsanto's Roundup, Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Tuesday. Contradictory findings
According to scientists, the kind of pesticide, neonicotinoids, used in farms may actually harm the honeybee population. The researchers from Mainz University Medical Center and Goethe University Frankfurt
