Reply on behalf of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) in response to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order September 12, 2024. The matter related to the news item titled "People are breathing in cancer-causing chemicals in their cars study find" appearing in NDTV.com dated May 8, 2024. ARAI …
Landscape-wide research by former UK government agency on oilseed rape fields in England and Wales shows link between neonicotinoids and honeybee colony losses A new study provides the first evidence of a link between neonicotinoid pesticides and escalating honeybee colony losses on a landscape level. The study found the increased …
A type of insecticide under scrutiny by the White House because of fears about its impact on honey bees has been found in more than half of streams sampled across the United States, according to a study by government researchers published Tuesday. The study, published in Environmental Chemistry and conducted …
The Spices Board of India will start a campaign in the Cardamom Hill Reserve (CHR) areas against the use of chemical pesticides in plantations as pesticide residues in the produce and by-products may hit export orders as well as internal market. A team of scientists and officers will visit 34 …
It's not exactly an uncommon sentiment to believe that pesticides are causing a lot more environmental harm than big chemical lets on. After all, some of the most popular pesticides in agriculture, neonicotinoids, have turned out to be a driving force behind pollinator decline around the world. Now new research …
The study investigated exposure to individual environmental chemicals and selected mixtures in relation to the presence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA), a widely used biomarker of autoimmunity, in a representative sample of the U.S. population. Original Source
Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed. A McGill research team reached this conclusion after looking at changes in the behaviour of individual Bronze Jumping Spiders both before and after exposure to Phosmet, a widely used …
Heeding to the plea of a United States-based neurologist, the National Green Tribunal today directed the Centre to ensure that no disinfectant fumigation is carried out in aircraft while passengers are onboard. "You are supposed to kill mosquitoes not the human beings. You cannot take risk with the health of …
Official efforts to safely dispose of endosulfan stocks stored in the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) godowns in Kasaragod and Mannarkad have met with a new hurdle with the Ernakulam district administration refusing to conduct the process on the premises of the Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) at Udyogamandal on the …
Occupational health has never been a priority for policy makers in India, despite 63% of the Indian population being in the economically productive age group. The study was designed to find out the morbidity as a result of long-term exposure to pesticides among professional pesticide sprayers in a rural block …
Wine-making is steeped in age-old traditions, but to address the threat of pests and concerns over heavy pesticide use, vintners are turning to science. With the goal of designing better grape breeds, scientists are parsing the differences between wild American grapes — which make terrible wine but are pest-resistant — …
Pesticide manufacturers, Bayer and Syngenta were involved in a meeting over whether to lift a ban on neonicotinoids in the UK, previously suppressed minutes reveal The manufacturers of controversial pesticides took part in a key meeting on whether a Europe-wide ban on their chemicals should be lifted in the UK, …
To provide technical information to farmers about the Kharif crops, a training camp under the guidelines of the state Agriculture Department and Mansa chief agricultural officer Rajinder Singh Brar was held at Budhlada. District Training Officer Guradita Singh SIdhu guided farmers about the crops and pesticide usage during the camp. …
Farmers allowed to use two neonicotinoid pesticides on their crop for 120 days despite concerns over serious risk to bees and other pollinators Farmers will be able to use blacklisted pesticides linked to serious harm in bees after the UK government temporarily lifted an EU ban. Opponents called the decision …
Residents say dam water will be contaminated The recent surge in pineapple cultivation on the slopes of Akamalavaram hills bordering the catchment areas of Malampuzha Dam has started raising widespread concern in Palakkad and surroundings as cultivators are spraying heavy doses of pesticides like ethephon on the crops. Lakhs of …
Mass deaths of honeybees are increasing in Japan, due apparently to pesticides used for killing stink bugs in rice paddies, according to a study by the agricultural ministry. The ministry found that many cases of large-scale honeybee deaths occurred when such pesticides were sprayed on paddies near apiaries, officials said. …
The study of heavy metal (HMs) contamination of environment is of great interest due to their serious health hazard. In this work, the contamination of tree leaves with the HMs in the most polluted industrial city, Korba, India is described. The leaves of common trees i.e. Azadirachta indica, Butea monosperma, …
Food officials to meet July 21; kitchen gardens turn popular in State Even as the Crop Care Federation of India has questioned the Kerala government’s “unfounded allegation” of high doses of pesticide residues in vegetables brought from Tamil Nadu into the State, the State government has decided to call a …
Background Phthalates are endocrine-disrupting chemicals that influence thyroid hormones and sex steroids, both critical for brain development. Aim We studied phthalate concentrations in house dust in relation to the risks of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or developmental delay (DD). Methods Participants were a subset of children from the CHARGE …
The naturally forming element antimony is used as a flame retardant in textiles and plastics but advocacy groups want better oversight from US government An advocacy and research organisation, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), is hoping to educate the public about the toxin antimony, push manufacturers to stop using it …
Chemical carcinogens such as benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) may contribute to the etiology of human diet-associated cancer. Individually, these are genotoxic, but the consequences of exposure to mixtures of these chemicals have not been systematically examined. The objective of the study was to determine the mutagenic response to mixtures …
