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 …
Study Finds Residue In 96 Of 345 Samples Tested | Produce Collected From Vendors, Markets The advice to ‘watch what you eat’ may no longer apply only to the calorie conscious, with a recent study finding copious quantities of pesticide residue in fruits and vegetables. Of the 345 samples they …
This is the report of the expert committee set up by agriculture ministry as per order of Delhi High Court to frame a policy for Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Fruits & Vegetables.
Neonicotinoids currently dominate the insecticide market as seed treatments on Canada’s major Prairie crops (e.g., canola). The potential impact to ecologically significant wetlands in this dominantly agro-environment has largely been overlooked while the distribution of use, incidence and level of contamination remains unreported. We modelled the spatial distribution of neonicotinoid …
Human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been associated with adverse health outcomes, including reproductive function in adults1 and neurodevelopment in children exposed perinatally.2 Exposure to BPA is primarily through dietary ingestion, including consumption of canned foods.3 A less-studied source of exposure is thermal receipt paper,4 handled daily by many …
As if they don’t matter There are many farm labourers who relatives have died while working in field, many of them while spraying pesticides Such workers joined the agitation being staged by family members of farmers who committed suicide due to debt Though the government agreed to release compensation in …
Surprised at the disappearing grasslands across the world? The blind use of fertiliser is the culprit that may have destabilised grasslands at 41 locations on five continents. Grasslands are affected by nitrogen deposition that results from burning fossil fuels, as well as from fertiliser runoff and ammonia volatilisation from cropland. …
Statement of the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in response to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2567 for 18th February, 2014, asked by Shri Baishnab Parida regarding stringent checks for pesticides in fruits and vegetables. Minister Of Health And Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has stated in Rajya …
A new investigation by Greenpeace International has found a broad range of hazardous chemicals in children's clothing and footwear produced by eight luxury fashion brands. Twenty-seven products were sent to independent accredited laboratories, and investigated for the presence of nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), and certain products were also analysed for phthalates, …
Greenpeace has recently published a number of investigations showing that a wide range of textile products, manufactured and sold in many countries around the world, can contain residues of hazardous substances, including hormone-disrupting alkylphenols and their ethoxylates, reprotoxic phthalates, highly persistent per- and polyfluorinated chemicals, and – in some cases …
The Delhi High Court was on Wednesday told that the Centre and the city government have failed to address the issue of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables. The submission was made in a report placed before the court by the amicus curiae appointed to examine if banned pesticides are …
Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other cognitive impairments, affect millions of children worldwide, and some diagnoses seem to be increasing in frequency. Industrial chemicals that injure the developing brain are among the known causes for this rise in prevalence. In 2006, we did a systematic review …
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The Pesticide Registration and Management Division (PRMD) has drafted a new Act and regulation on pesticide management, which, among others, propose imposing a fine of up to Rs 50,000 and imprisonment of up to six months on suppliers and agro-vets who try to sell unwarranted quantity of pesticides to farmers. …
Affected to get Rs 1,500 and Rs 3,000 a month based on their disability The High Court on Monday passed an interim order directing the State government to pay a monthly stipend to the identified 6,140 victims affected by the insecticide endosulfan in three districts – Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and …
Observing that measures taken by the State government are insufficient to help the victims of endosulfan in three coastal districts, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the government to pay an interim stipend of Rs.1,500 per month for each of those who suffered disability of 25-60 per cent and …
An indefinite sit-in protest by over 50 endosulfan vicitms from Kasaragod, outside Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s official residence, demanding adequate treatment and compensation, entered the second day on Monday. Though there was an assurance from the government that the Chief Minister would speak to the protesters at 12 noon on …
People who had been exposed to the pesticide DDT were more likely to have Alzheimer's disease than those with no traces of the chemical in their blood, researchers found in a new study. The observation doesn't prove DDT causes Alzheimer's, or that people who have been exposed to the chemical …
The Dakshina Kannada district administration will kick-start the process of issuing identity cards to victims affected by alleged endosulfan poisoning from Saturday. Deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim said on Wednesday that the process will continue till all the victims get the ID cards. He also said that the district administration will …
Farmers of the Valley have been found to supply their produce in the market, neglecting the time period required to let the effects of pesticides used in growing them subside. Findings to this effect were revealed in a research conducted by Entomology Division under Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC). A …
