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 …
Pesticides thrusted on unsuspecting farmers the recent agriculture input subsidy scam in Rajasthan may not seem big in terms of the money involved. But it has huge repercussions. Farmers were indiscriminately distributed specific chemicals to be used in crops for which these chemicals have not been recommended by the Union …
Widespread use of harmful hormones in orchards, especially those for pineapple and banana in hilly Modhupur and Ghatail upazilas in Tangail district, is posing serious health hazards for human. The practice is also causing serious damage to environment and biodiversity. The two upazilas produce around 1,50,000 tonnes of pineapples a …
Scientists at the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad have identified a bacterium in birds that pose serious health risks to humans. The threat was revealed by Dr Zahid Hussain, who completed his Ph.D. in the department of Veterinary Pathology under the supervision of Dr Zargham Khan. The scientists have identified …
No to DDT spray: A Ugandan high court has asked the health ministry to suspend the spraying of ddt in northern part of the country following a petition by nine groups of farmers, traders and conservationists. To kill mosquitoes, the ministry launched indoor spraying of DDT in Apac and Oyam …
In the first week of April this year, a group of men came and stood outside the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi. They carried placards with offensive slogans directed at me. We understood the 'protesters' were ostensibly from an NGO we believed was a front for the …
SOUMEN BHATTACHARJEE Street food has always been scrumptious. It will now be safe, too. The central government has chosen Bidhannagar Municipality to implement the first Safe Street Food programme in Bengal, with the focus on setting up vending zones where any hawker can do business as long as the food …
The State Government on June 27 removed 40 metric ton of toxic waste from the abandoned Union Carbide Plant premises located Bhopal Railway Station and have been disposed of in Peethampur jointly by Madhya Pradesh Waste Management Project and Ramco Enviro Engineers India. "About 40 metric ton chemical waste and …
This study looks at the approaches of different private, voluntary standards in coffee supply chains on controlling the use of hazardous pesticides and moving to safer pest management. It draws some conclusions from the different schemes and highlights issues for private and public sector stakeholders.
Investigation on bioaccumulation of heavy metals like lead, cadmium and mercury by pigeonpea an important pulse crop of India, were undertaken. The experiments were performed to evaluate the extend of accumulation of these metals in the aerial parts of the plant.
In a monitoring study residue levels of organochlorines (OC), synthetic pyrethroids (SP), organophosphates (OP) and carbamates were determined in unprocessed and processed three vegetables viz. brinjal, cauliflower and okra to know the residue levels and evaluate the effect of different household processes (washing and boiling/cooking) on reduction of residues. Samples …
Endosulfan, an organochlorine insecticide widely used in the paddy field, tea garden of Assam and N.E. India, creates serious threat to the environment as well as target and non-target organisms like aquatic and land dwelling animals. The present investigation was undertaken to study the effects of endosulfan on some hematological …
A study was carried out on toxic effects of cadmium nitrate on chlorophyll content of soybean and pigeon pea for two crop seasons. The concentration studied were 0.01M, 0.001M and 0.0001M. Chlorophyll content markedly decreased in all the treated plants and the decline was directly related to the concentration.
The acute toxicity of phosphate fertilizer on the survival level of Tilapia Zillii fingerlings was determined in 96hr static bioassay. The fish were exposed to different phosphate fertilizer concentrations. During the exposure period, there were frequent attempts at jumping out of the tank, loss of equilibrium, agitated swimming, air gulping …
The effects of an insecticide monocrotophos on some biochemical parameters of the fish, Tilapia mossambica at 24, 48, 72 and 96 hrs of exposures were studied. Median lethal concentration of monocrotophos to the fish for 24 hour exposure was determined during bioassay study. The protein contents were found to be …
In Shiraz plain, there are 1070 ha of agriculture, 540 hectares of that is used for, vegetable cultivation. Two rivers are crossing Shiraz plain west to east. They are called Khoshk river and Soltanabad river. East and south of the city of Shiraz in two seprate countryside, people use polluted …
A comprehensive migration database was established for bisphenol A from polycarbonate baby bottles into water during exposure to microwave heating. Eighteen different brands of polycarbonate baby bottles sold in Europe were collected. Initial residual content of bisphenol A and migration after microwave heating were determined. Residual content of bisphenol A …
It has been getting ever harder to pretend that Antarctica is a pristine place. We like to think of it as being scoured clean by hostile winds and extreme cold. But more and more, Antarctica, like the Arctic, shows the lasting scars of human negligence. The effects of climate change …
