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 …
People exposed to herbicides require more antibiotics to kill bacteria, according to new research published in mBio Antibiotics and herbicides, as it turns out, don’t mix. At least that’s the conclusion of a study published today in mBio, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Microbiology, which found that …
The UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said Friday (20 March) that three pesticides, including the popular weed killer Roundup, were "probably" carcinogenic and two others, which have already been outlawed or restricted, were "possibly" so. IARC classified the herbicide glyphosate – the active ingredient in Roundup – …
Monsanto Co. escalated its criticism of a World Health Organization agency’s finding last week that a commonly used herbicide probably has the potential to cause cancer in humans. The St. Louis-based agribusiness giant—a major seller of the weed killer—sought a meeting with senior WHO officials on the International Agency for …
JHU MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana thera yesterday said that President Maithripala Sirisena had appointed a committee headed by him to explore ways and means of preventing the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and it had recommended banning five kinds of kidney toxic chemicals and the ban would be gazetted next week. …
The transgenerational consequences of environmental contaminant exposures of aquatic vertebrates have the potential for broad ecological impacts, yet are largely uninvestigated. Bisphenol A (BPA) and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) are two ubiquitous estrogenic chemicals present in aquatic environments throughout the United States and many other countries. Original Source
The researchers present results of a three-year study to determine the fate of imidacloprid residues in hive matrices and to assess chronic sublethal effects on whole honey bee colonies fed supplemental pollen diet containing imidacloprid at 5, 20 and 100 μg/kg over multiple brood cycles. Various endpoints of colony performance …
Packages containing dairy formula which tested positive for 1080 were sent to farmers’ groups by anti-pesticide protesters Anonymous threats to poison New Zealand milk powder have been sent to farmers’ groups by anti-pesticide protesters – a revelation that has been condemned as “a form of ecoterrorism” by prime minister John …
Soil toxicity alarmingly high; urea consumption estimated at 400-600 kg per hectare Punjab, the country’s food basket, has slowly turned into the land of toxicity. Excessive use of pesticides and fertilisers by farmers and a largely indifferent establishment has over the years resulted in severe ecological and environmental degradation that …
Plan hunger stir during the budget session The Endosulfan Peeditha Munnani (EPM) has decided to stage a hunger strike in front of the State Assembly during its upcoming budget session demanding fulfilment of assurances given to the victims in the past. The decision to launch the stir was taken following …
An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting the dangers that a widely used herbicide poses to the declining monarch butterfly population. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in U.S. District Court in New York. The suit …
Several mechanisms are developed by the microorganisms to tolerate few high concentrations of heavy metals. One of these mechanisms dependent upon anabolic and catabolic energy of microorganisms is the bioaccumulation of heavy metals. In present work, approximately four varieties of bacteria have been isolated from the ash dyke sample of …
Immune dysregulation associated with mercury has been suggested, though data in the general population are lacking. Chronic exposure to low levels of methylmercury (organic) and inorganic mercury is common, such as through fish consumption and dental amalgams. The objective of the study was to examine associations between mercury biomarkers and …
Bird flu may not have been the cause behind the deaths of 47 birds at Sultanpur sanctuary in Gurgaon recently. Officials now suspect something more lethal. Biologists and Haryana forest department officials said there is a high probability that the birds died of pesticide poisoning from neighboring fields. The sanctuary …
Organophosphate pesticide (OP) exposure to the US population is dominated by dietary intake. The magnitude of exposure from diet depends partly upon personal decisions such as which foods to eat and whether to choose organic food. Most studies of OP exposure rely on urinary biomarkers, which are limited by short …
Science paper recommended ways of identifying hormone-mimicking chemicals in pesticides linked to foetal abnormalities, genital mutations, infertility and other diseases including cancer As many as 31 pesticides with a value running into billions of pounds could have been banned because of potential health risks, if a blocked EU paper on …
Pesticidal stress is very common factor today in human health and animal health. Most of the world s population depends upon fish food. Fishes can serve as bioindicators of environmental pollution since they are directly exposed to chemicals resulting from agricultural production via surface run off or in directly through …
Women living in agricultural areas may experience high pesticide exposures compared to women in urban or suburban areas due to their proximity to farm activities. The objective of the study was to review the evidence in the published literature for the contribution of nonoccupational pathways of pesticide exposure in women …
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) adversely affect human health. The objective of the study was to determine the association of EDC exposure with earlier age of menopause.
About 75 per cent of the cultivable land in the country has been adversely affected by excessive use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. Commissioner in the Union Ministry of Agriculture Dr JS Sandhu said 114 million hectares of cultivable land out of total 142 million hectares had high levels of …
