Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
In the first week of April this year, a group of men came and stood outside the Centre for Science and Environment (cse), New Delhi. They carried placards with offensive slogans directed at me. We understood the
punjab has finally made cancer-registry compulsory in the state. Despite numerous scientific reports revealing the public health crisis in the state, the government had obstinately resisted any redress mechanism. The recent decision comes in the wake of two new scientific reports. One shows that pesticides are damaging genes of farmers …
Not many people know that Tik-20, the popular insecticide brand, was a Tata group product. The brand was withdrawn from the market several years ago, marking the exit of Tata group company Rallis India from the household pesticides business. The group, whose business interests range from salt to software, has …
This article reflects on issues governing pesticides safe and sound management in India, various international agreements to which India is a party and the avenues of improvement in the regulatory framework.
at the fag end of the monsoon session of Parliament last year, 28 parliamentarians and politicians, including veterans like Motilal Vohra and Natwar Singh, sent a letter urging human resources development (hrd) minister Arjun Singh to serve biscuits
Regulation on lobbying a dream According to Jayoti Lahiri, secretary general, Public Relations Consultants Association of India, "There is very little literature on the functioning of public relations agencies in India, hence we along with the Personal Relations Council of India are trying to approach independent agencies to form some …
Lobbyists crawl around legislators An Action Aid report on lobbying, released on January 25, 2006, highlights privileges enjoyed by corporate lobbyists in framing global trade rules under the WTO regime. The report exposes the underbelly of corporate lobbying that has led to unfair trade laws and undermined the fight against …
From SLAPPs to hiring professional protesters, industry's working overtime to find new ways to attack. In the first week of April this year, a group of men came and stood outside the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi. They carried placards with offensive slogans directed at me. We …
Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Drum flying out of the fire Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Part 1 Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Part 2 Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL - Part 6 Exclusive footage: Watch fire videos at www.cseindia.org a fire at …
A study was conducted in Eloor Industrial Area of Ernakulam district of Kerala to assess the level of environmental pollution by pesticide manufacturing factories in this region. Samples like blood, urine, dung and milk were collected from cattle belonging to this area and were analysed for DDT residues using the …
Thousands have responded to a public input demand by the us Environmental Protection Agency (usepa)on reviewing registration of the insecticide endosulfan. "Endosulfan poses substantial risks and should be off the market,' said Karl Tupper, scientist at the ngo, Pesticide Action Network. "Its dangers outweigh any economic benefits from the chemical.' …
Ana M Soto, professor at the Tufts Medical School at Massachusetts in the us, made an important discovery while working with breast cancer cells in 1989. She found that some of the tissues were proliferating without stimulation when stored in plastic tubes. An investigation indicated that the plastic tubes had …
A Kannan has been feeling dizzy with fever for days, his limbs are shaky. He has come to the government hospital in Tamil Nadu's coastal Cuddalore town with others from nearby Kudikadu village with similar complaints. A common scene in a hospital. But the shock comes when one begins counting. …
on november 9, papers in Punjab ran stories about a study exposing high levels of pesticides in blood samples of people in the state. Pesticides were also on the agenda that day at a symposium at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana. But the "experts' gathered at the meet were …
As part of its national campaign for food safety, China's ministry of agriculture has banned the production and export of five highly poisonous pesticides. Gao Hongbin, vice-minister of agriculture, made the announcement at a media briefing organized by the State Council Information Office on October 30. Since the country has …
de-nocil, an India subsidiary of Dow Chemicals, is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (cbi) for its role in bribing Indian officials at the Union ministry of agriculture to get three pesticides registered. The cbi has zeroed down on three meetings of the ministry's Central Insecticides Board and …
on june 13, members of the European parliament voted against diluting a law to regulate toxic chemicals and pesticides in its surface and groundwater. The move has pre-empted an attempt by industry pressure groups to make the law non-binding and let individual European states handle it. The draft directive sets …
for 18 years now, scientists have discussed the reasons for the global decimation of amphibian populations. The cause list has been expanding: from pesticides, to new diseases, to climate change that exacerbates both. But there is little confusion on what's driving nature's hardiest, most adaptive creatures to the brink. Mounting …
Pesticide Sector comprises many processing units which adopt different technologies, equipments, unit process and unit operations for manufacturing various products. The manufacturing processes lead to generation of a wide spectrum of air pollutants, mainly inorganic hazardous air pollutants. Some of these pollutants are toxic, responsible for damage of materials and …
