Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Thirty genotypes of sesame seeds collected from different geographical regions of India were analyzed for organochlorine pesticides viz HCHs, DDTs and endosulfan.
All food is made up of chemicals. In addition to the nutrients such as carbohydrate, fat, protein etc., food contains many such substances often in very small quantities. Any such substance may have a degree of toxicity, whether natural, deliberately added or contaminant and hence no distinction can be made …
Persistent pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), affect endocrine function. Human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are similar in structure to PCBs, has increased recently, but health effects have not been well studied. Our goal in this study was to determine whether PBDE body burdens are related to …
Arsenic-polluted water used for irrigation in certain areas of India, Bangladesh and Nepal is posing a health hazard for people eating food from the crops irrigated. The accumulation of arsenic in the soil is a threat to sustainable agriculture in the areas affected. These problems are not yet widely recognised. …
Unhygienic food available at 1,584 private institutions were destroyed by the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry Public Health Unit following a two day countrywide raid last week to nab factories shops and hotels offering unhygienic food. The Unit also filed cases against 314 shops and hotels selling food not suitable for …
Honey samples, collected from the Southern Marmara region of Turkey, were analysed for erythromycin residues by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry using electrospray ionization in the positive ion mode (LC-ESI-MS). Fifty samples, comprising chestnut, pine, linden and multi-flower honeys, were collected directly from hives and analyzed. The limit of detection and quantification …
Organic farm in California gets compensation for pesticide drift a california court awarded a us $1 million compensation to an organic farm whose culinary herbs were contaminated by pesticides drifting in from a neighbouring farm. Jacobs Farm, part of Del Cabo farms in Santa Cruz, suffered losses as pesticides destroyed …
Beijing: Nearly a quarter of around 3,00,000 babies in the Chinese Capital were once fed melamine contaminated milk, before the product was taken off the shelves, media reports here claimed on Sunday. A door-to-door survey conducted from September 20 to October 24 in the city, revealed that of more than …
Well over a month since its appearance, the melamine scare refuses to die down. In fact, it's being propelled to a heightening state with each passing day -- thanks to a totally confused handling of the issue and an evasive approach taken to it. Basically, one gets the impression of …
Hong Kong, Three more children in the southern Chinese gambling enclave of Macau have developed kidney stones after drinking milk that may have been be tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, bringing the total number of sick children to seven, the government said. Neighbouring Hong Kong has recently reported 10 …
Beijing, Oct. 18: Under fire over handling the tainted milk scandal, Chinese J'abao Premier Wen Jiabao said his government is responsible for the scam that killed four infants and sickened thousands in the country. While assuring tough legislation and monitoring, the Chinese Premier said his government is to blame concerning …
more than 50,000 infants developed kidney stones and four others died in China (as of September 23) after consuming baby food tainted with melamine, a chemical banned in food items. Reports of contamination emerged on September 10, when 14 babies in Gansu province fell ill. Soon, more reports started coming …
Even in low and moderate levels, the element is harmful high inorganic arsenic exposure to diabetes has been established earlier by studies in Bangladesh, Taiwan and Mexico. But the effect of low and moderate levels of arsenic was unknown. A study in the us has found that inorganic arsenic, even …
Bloomberg / Shanghai/hong Kong October 03, 2008, 0:27 IST China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15 more companies were found to have contaminated products as it widens a crackdown to allay food-safety concerns that have led to global bans. About 31 batches of …
