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Two industrial units cleared
The State-Level Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Authority has approved the setting up of two industrial units with a total investment of Rs 18.15 crore and employment for 84 persons.
- Date:
- 10/02/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Control of pyrethroid and DDT-resistant Anopheles gambiae by application of indoor residual spraying or mosquito nets treated
Scaling up of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) with support from the Global Fund and President’s Malaria Initiative is providing increased opportunities for malaria control in Africa. The most cost-effective and longest-lasting residual insecticide DDT is also the most environmentally persistent. Alternative residual
- Date:
- Feb 2010
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- Malaria Journal Vol: 9 Issue: 44 pp: 1-27
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Plea to check bird mortality
DIBRUGARH, Jan 13: The district administration, Forest Department and other organizations in the district are in a deep slumber despite the death of more than two hundred avian species in last two days at Moran area in Dibrugarh district. It is also learnt that the carcass of endangered species like hornbills are also found in the area.
- Date:
- 14/01/2010
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- Sentinel (Guwahati)
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Insecticide exposure leads to penile defects in babies
Melbourne: Moms-to-be who are exposed to insect repellent in the earliest phase of pregnancy are likely to give birth to boys with hypospadias in penises, a condition where the opening of the penis is in the wrong place — usually back from the tip and on the underside, say researchers.
- Date:
- 02/12/2009
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use: the first thirteen years
Genetically-engineered corn, soybeans, and cotton now account for the majority of acres planted to these three crops. A model was developed that utilizes official, U.S. Department of Agriculture pesticide use data to estimate the differences in the average pounds of pesticides applied on GE crop acres, compared to acres planted to conventional, non-GE varieties.
- Date:
- Nov 2009
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- The Organic Center
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Global status of DDT and its alternatives for use in vector control to prevent disease
The objective of this study is to review the status of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), used for disease vector control, along with current evidence on its benefits and risks in relation to the available alternatives.
- Date:
- Nov 2009
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- Environmental Health Perspectives Vol: 117 Issue: 11 pp: 1656-1663
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- Reports and Documents
Bt cotton in India: a status report
This latest report by Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology provides updated statistics on Bt-cotton and highlights newer issues related to technology, production, economic, social and environmental impacts of Bt cotton in India.
- Date:
- Nov 2009
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- Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology
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Managing insecticide resistance in malaria vectors by combining carbamate-treated plastic wall sheeting and pyrethroid-treated
'Wallpapering' huts with sheeting made from insecticide-treated plastic could be a new tool for malaria control, research in Benin shows. When used in combination with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) in hut trials, the sheeting killed all mosquitoes, and completely prevented bites.
- Date:
- Oct 2009
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- Malaria Journal Vol: 8 pp: 1-30
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Report of the expert committee (EC-II) on Bt brinjal event EE-1
Report of the Expert Committee (EC-II) to review findings of large scale trials and the related biosafety studies on Bt brinjal submitted to GEAC on Oct 8, 2009. Concludes that that development and safety assessment of Bt brinjal is fully compliant with the conditions stipulated by GEAC.
- Date:
- Oct 2009
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- Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
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A study on oxidative stress and antioxidant status of agricultural workers exposed to organophosphorus insecticides during spray
Oxidative stress status and Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity were studied in blood samples obtained from 61 agricultural workers engaged in spraying organophosphorus (OP) insecticides in the mango plantation, with a minimum work history of one year, in the age range of 12-55 years. Controls were age-matched, unexposed workers, who never had any exposure to OP pesticides.
- Date:
- Sep 2009
- Source:
- Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Vol: 13 Issue: 3 pp: 131-134
