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 …
Sresta Natural Bioproducts, one of India's largest organic food companies, Monday announced "Freedom from pesticides", an eight-day campaign against pesticide ridden food. The campaign from Aug 12 to 19 aims to create awareness about ill effects of pesticide contaminated food and promote organic food as the best alternative for being …
Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2012-13), present this Thirty-Sixth Report on the subject 'Production and Availability of Pesticides' of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals).
The Ministry of National Food Security and Research is gearing up to launch an awareness campaign to make farmers understand the risks of toxic substances. The move came after the FAO urged developing countries to withdraw highly hazardous pesticides from their markets. FAO says that the entire distribution and disposal …
Developing countries should speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from their markets following the death of 23 children from contaminated food in India, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Tuesday. The children in the Indian state of Bihar died earlier this month after eating a …
Intercropping in cashew estates mooted for better results Field tests for organic substitutes for endosulfan conducted at Kerala Agricultural University’s Cashew Research Station, Madakkathara, are yielding positive results. “For long, the search for organic alternatives has been on. The health impact of the use of endosulfan in cashew plantations in …
The orange and vermicelli sold in the Dhaka city markets are all treated with formalin, said a test report by green rights activists on Sunday. The report says formalin has been detected in 82 of mangoes, 91 per cent of bananas, 59 per cent of apples, 95 per cent of …
The pesticide that killed 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the World Health Organisation describes as its ‘high acute toxicity’. As early as 2009, the United Nations health agency urged India to consider a ban on the pesticide monocrotophos - …
The State government has requested the Indian Council of Medical Research to study the co-relation, if any, between endosulfan and deformity at birth. M. Madan Gopal, Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, told The Hindu that the genetic impact of the pesticide had to be studied to prove …
The case of Dr Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland following pregnancy complications, was referred to in the council on Monday during the debate on the ill-effects of endosulfan in the coastal region of Karnataka. Raising the issue, JD(S) floor leader MC Nanaiah alleged the government was stalling the services …
The government has taken a move to conduct a study to determine the presence of toxic heavy metals including cadmium and arsenic in rice, officials said. The Soil Resource Development Institute under the ministry of agriculture has been mandated to conduct the study in the wake of a report that …
Exporters seek govt help as a close vigil by the US raises costs and obstructs sales Basmati rice exports to the US have plunged because many Indian firms are under an import alert by the US authorities, leading to a detailed scrutiny for pesticide residue in every grain being shipped …
Traditional Chinese herbs are being contaminated with a toxic cocktail of pesticides that poses a threat to consumer health and the environment, campaign group Greenpeace said Monday. Some residue levels were hundreds of times higher than European Union food safety standards, according to tests carried out for a Greenpeace report …
The Kerala Agricultural University has found “dangerous levels” of pesticide residue in key vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, vegetable cowpea ( achinga ), amaranthus red, small red onions, tomatoes, green chillies and curry leaves, among others. The residue includes that of the banned Profenofos, which falls into the yellow category (second …
A study found high concentrations of cadmium in rice samples from 12 upazilas. Bangladesh came at the top followed by Sri Lanka for concentrations of cadmium in a listing of 12 countries where rice was tested for toxic metals. Cadmium had been linked to a mysterious chronic kidney disease the …
A tiny black bug had caused much grief to banana farmers in the State but a successful trial has kindled hope that cultivation can be carried out without fear of pests or of the cost or side-effects of hazardous chemical pesticides. Named ‘Nanma’ by researchers at the Central Tuber Crops …
Kudumbashree Mission is all set to make it big on farming by stabilizing 24,000 hectares of land for organic farming and by setting up 978 farmer facilitation centres across Kerala. The plan fund for the project is awaiting approval from the Centre and a meeting will be held to finalize …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs Union of India & Ors. regarding plastic collection and burning in the area of Mundka and Nangloi villages of Delhi dated 20/05/2013. NGT directs the Police to ensure that no plastic is burnt in that area nor …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sureshbhai Keshavbhai Waghvankar Ors Vs State of Gujarat Ors on making of idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses by using Plaster of Paris dated 09/05/2013.
Rapeseed production is likely to fall in the European Union, top grower of the oilseed, from the 2015 harvest after the bloc voted to protect bees by banning three of the most widely used pesticides. The EU has decided to restrict from December 1 the use of a class of …
A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of honeybees across the United States since 2006. The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what is called colony collapse disorder, experts say. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of …
