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 …
Bengaluru: The controversial pesticide endosulfan, widely used by Indian farmers, not only induces male infertility but also exerts damage on the liver and lungs, says a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru who have obtained conclusive evidence from animal studies. Sathees C. Raghavan, associate …
Bijnor: Despite district administration's decision to teach farmers about organic farming, especially along the banks of the Ganga, cultivators and land mafia groups have already started farming with pesticides and other artificial methods along the riverbanks, including on encroached government land. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared his commitment to …
The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is defined as an indicator species of plastic pollution by the Oslo-Paris Convention for the North-East Atlantic, but few data exist for fulmars from Norway. Moreover, the relationship between uptake of plastic and pollutants in seabirds is poorly understood. We analyzed samples of fulmars from …
Monsanto Co stepped up its defense of a widely used weed killer on Thursday by filing a lawsuit in California seeking to prevent glyphosate, the main ingredient in its Roundup herbicide, from being added to the state's list of known carcinogens. The seed and agrochemicals company said it filed the …
Thiruvananthapuram:The Council for Ban on Pesticides, a joint platform of around 20 various organizations, has called on all political parties to vouch for an effective ban on use of dangerous pesticides in their election manifestos ahead of the assembly polls. The demand was raised during a day-long protest by the …
More than 900 tonnes of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in 12 contaminated sites have been destroyed over five years via a POP elimination project funded by the UNDP. The project "Building Capacity to Eliminate POP Pesticide Stockpiles in Viet Nam" was launched in 2010 by the Ministry of Natural Resources …
Organophosphorous (OP) pesticides are associated with reduced fetal growth in animals, but human studies are inconsistent. Researchers pooled data from four cohorts to examine associations of prenatal OP exposure with birth weight (n=1,169), length (n=1,152), and head circumference (n=1,143). Original Source
Reasons for the highly variable and often poor protection conferred by the Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine are multifaceted and poorly understood. The objective of the study was to determine whether early life PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) and DDE (1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene) exposure reduces 6-month infant BCG vaccine response.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking court approval to withdraw registration of Dow Chemical Co's new herbicide Enlist Duo, as the agency studies new information regarding the product's impact on non-target plants, according to court documents filed late Tuesday. The EPA approved the herbicide for sale and use …
A common pesticide could hinder bumblebees’ ability to pollinate plants, says a new study — and that could be a big problem for both agriculture and the natural ecosystems that depend on the bees for survival. A paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature tested the effects of a pesticide …
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has reserved verdict on a batch of petitions seeking a directive to pay compensation to the Endosulfan victims in Kasaragod, who have already been identified. The verdict was reserved by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice K Vinod Chandran. It had …
Notwithstanding the efforts by the district endosulfan relief enforcement committee to sort out issues, the victims from Dakshina Kannada will go ahead with their protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday against delay in payment of monthly stipend from the government. The protest would be staged at the Freedom Park. Earlier, the …
European governments have banned the use of three common neonicotinoid pesticides due to insufficiently identified risks to bees. This policy decision is controversial given the absence of clear consistency between toxicity assessments of those substances in the laboratory and in the field. Although laboratory trials report deleterious effects in honeybees …
Wenny Tari knows a thing or two about wine. She and her husband Gabriel have been making it since 1982, when they inherited a vineyard in France’s picturesque Languedoc region in the south of the country. Their 40 hectare Chateau de Brau vineyard is home to more than 170,000 individual …
There is a strong scientific consensus that bees are exposed to neonicotinoid pesticides in fields and suffer harm from the doses received, according to a new analysis of the all the scientific evidence to date. But almost no data exists so far on whether this harm ultimately leads to falls …
During 2007, counties across the Midwestern US with relatively high levels of landscape simplification (i.e., widespread replacement of seminatural habitats with cultivated crops) had relatively high crop-pest abundances which, in turn, were associated with relatively high insecticide application. These results suggested a positive relationship between landscape simplification and insecticide use, …
Children’s toys are made of artificial material often softened by phthalates. These are synthetic compounds added to PVC as plasticizers for the purpose of improving its elasticity and flexibility. Phthalates can endanger the health of children exposed to their effect by inducing reproductive, hormonal and developmental disorders. The goal of …
The State government on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that it has been taking earnest efforts for the comprehensive rehabilitation of endosulfan victims in Kasaragod district, which include monetary compensation and health rehabilitation. In an affidavit filed before the High Court, the government pointed out that so far identity …
