Insecticides (Prohibition) Order, 2023
The Government of India has introduced the Insecticides (Prohibition) Order, 2023. It was published on 3rd October, 2023 and has come into immediate effect. This Order aims at regulating and restricting
Pesticides And Toxins
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Adulterated Holi colours: Toll rises to 84 in Ambernath
Mumbai: About 84 children from Ambernath in Thane district were hospitalised after they took ill reportedly due to the use of adulterated colours on Holi. The children were treated for nausea, headache and breathlessness on Wednesday and are stated to be stable now.
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Uranium deforms kids in Faridkot
Doctors Baffled As There
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Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
Atlanta: Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what
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Heavy metals in diet may have cost hippo dear
MUMBAI: The seven-year-old hippopotamus that died at the Byculla zoo last week may have consumed heavy metals either through water or fodder over a long period of time. Following this alarming finding, doctors at the Bombay Veterinary College (BVC) on Tuesday swung into action to conduct separate pathological tests of samples (water and fodder) collected from the animal's enclosure.
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Chemically treated fruits flood market in Narail
Sale of seasonal summer fruits ripened with harmful chemical carbide continues unabated in all the markets of Narail and Jessore towns posing a serious threat to public health. Market sources said a section of traders are selling carbide- ripened summer fruits after treating those with formalin.
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Why the Adage 'the Dose Makes the Poison' Can Be Toxic to Corporate Chemicals Policy
There probably are lots of senior execs who've been comforted when their chief scientist or toxicologist has told them that since "the dose makes the poison," they shouldn't sweat some new study about a chemical found in small amounts in their products.
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Lead poisoning spreads, 1300 kids fall ill
Beijing: Lead pollution from a newly opened and unlicensed manganese smelter has poisoned more than 1,300 children in southeastern China
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Extensive use of pesticides harmful for health
The extensive use of pesticides in almost all cereals, vegetables and crops field has been proved harmful to human health. Pesticides are used in pumpkin, guava, blackberry, ladies finger, palk, calery, water melon, pulse, brinjal, chilli, bitter gourd, beans, potato, tomato, cauliflower,, cabbage, jackfruits and many other vegetables.
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Massive use of pesticides harming ecological balance: Banned items being smuggled in
The massive use of pesticides in almost all cereals, vegetables and crop fields has been proved harmful to environment, ecological balance and human health, sources said.
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A plate full of toxins
Sept.11 : In times when food is genetically manipulated and chemically contaminated, the metaphor "food for thought" can also stand for manipulated information and be toxic food for thought. Unfortunately, Dr M.S. Swaminathan