The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …
Samithy to hold talks with Chief Minister While getting ready for another round of parleys with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday, the endosulfan victims of Kasaragod, who have been on a relentless battle to win their legitimate rights, are expecting a palpable government action to redress their woes. Scores …
Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) issued an order to Deccan Fine Chemicals on Monday to stop production following the inspection and report submitted by its officers. The development comes in the wake of a fire that took place in its warehouse on Sunday in which chemical material …
Victims of Endosulfan pesticide and their family members on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the State secretariat here demanding immediate disbursal of compensation to them. Women and small children were among those who participated in the protest inaugurated by opposition leader V.S. Achuthanandan. The organisers said the Kerala …
Bengaluru: The controversial pesticide endosulfan, widely used by Indian farmers, not only induces male infertility but also exerts damage on the liver and lungs, says a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru who have obtained conclusive evidence from animal studies. Sathees C. Raghavan, associate …
Bijnor: Despite district administration's decision to teach farmers about organic farming, especially along the banks of the Ganga, cultivators and land mafia groups have already started farming with pesticides and other artificial methods along the riverbanks, including on encroached government land. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared his commitment to …
Monsanto Co stepped up its defense of a widely used weed killer on Thursday by filing a lawsuit in California seeking to prevent glyphosate, the main ingredient in its Roundup herbicide, from being added to the state's list of known carcinogens. The seed and agrochemicals company said it filed the …
Thiruvananthapuram:The Council for Ban on Pesticides, a joint platform of around 20 various organizations, has called on all political parties to vouch for an effective ban on use of dangerous pesticides in their election manifestos ahead of the assembly polls. The demand was raised during a day-long protest by the …
The vegetables produced by Kerala farmers are safe to eat, according to a report published by the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU). The report based on the pesticide residue analysis conducted at the laboratory at College of Agriculture, Vellayani says that no hazardous element was found in 208 out of the …
The publication “Chemicals & Petrochemicals Statistics at a Glance” is brought out by Statistics and Monitoring Division of the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals from 2007. The publication contains the latest available information on the chemical and petrochemical sector in respect of India and world as well.
Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan will lead the agitation of the endosulfan viruddha samyuktha samara samithi, who plans to go on an indefinite hunger strike in front of chief minister Oommen Chandy's official residence from January 26. In a statement, Achuthanandan has said that the government had not implemented even …
Greater Noida: Two industrial units in Chhapraula, which has come to be called Greater Noida's cancer belt, have been asked to shut down following an NGT order directing strict action against polluting factories in the region. The order came on a petition that drew the NGT's attention to groundwater contamination …
Researchers point to concerns over pesticides as diseases as bee numbers drop while farmland requiring the pollinators increases Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the United States, according to scientists who produced the first national map of …
More than 900 tonnes of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in 12 contaminated sites have been destroyed over five years via a POP elimination project funded by the UNDP. The project "Building Capacity to Eliminate POP Pesticide Stockpiles in Viet Nam" was launched in 2010 by the Ministry of Natural Resources …
Organophosphorous (OP) pesticides are associated with reduced fetal growth in animals, but human studies are inconsistent. Researchers pooled data from four cohorts to examine associations of prenatal OP exposure with birth weight (n=1,169), length (n=1,152), and head circumference (n=1,143). Original Source
The government of Liberia, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development Food and Enterprise Development program (USAID FED) has launched the Liberia seed, fertilizer and pesticide regulation and the standardized curricula for extension. The two newly launched programs will provide for the regulation of quality seeds, fertilizer …
AMRITSAR: Quoting a report, 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health', in the latest publication of NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which was released here on Tuesday, its director general Sunita Narain said World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 13.1 million people in India would annually die of …
As a source of livelihood, agriculture (including forestry and fishing) remains the largest sector of Indian Economy. While its output share fell from 28.3% in 1993-94 to 14.4% in 2011-12, employment share declined from 64.8% to 48.9% over the same period. Therefore, almost half of the workforce in India still …
A number of public health catastrophes – arising largely out of environmental reasons -- are staring the people of India in the face. While the debate over polluted air and how to control it rages on in the national capital, people have also had to contend with a host of …
A common pesticide could hinder bumblebees’ ability to pollinate plants, says a new study — and that could be a big problem for both agriculture and the natural ecosystems that depend on the bees for survival. A paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature tested the effects of a pesticide …
Twenty years ago, the first genetically modified (GM) crops were planted in the USA, alongside dazzling promises about this new technology. Two decades on, the promises are getting bigger and bigger, but GM crops are not delivering any of them. Not only was this technology supposed to make food and …
