<p>Reply on behalf of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) in response to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order September 12, 2024.</p> <p>The matter related to the news item titled "People
In a concerted effort to bring out information on toxic substances and their use in everyday products in the public domain, vis-
Herbal is actual ly chemical, baked is fake and organic is certainly not organic. On the eve of Holi, a sample survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has shown that most of the colours being sold as herbal colours actually contain harmful chemical sub stances including benzene, nickel, auramine and lead chromium.
This paper examines the effectiveness of damage control mechanisms to reduce crop losses from agricultural pests. It uses data from a sample of Cole crop (Cauliflower and Cabbage) growing households in the Bhaktapur district of Nepal to study the impact of pesticides on agriculture production. The results suggest that the marginal productivity of pesticides is close
Vegetable farming is an important income generating activity in parts of rural Nepal. However, vegetable farming is pesticide intensive and pesticide exposure is beginning to emerge as a problem. A SANDEE study examines the impacts of pesticide use on vegetable farmers in the mid-hills area of Nepal, some 40km
Pesticide consumption in Punjab shot up following the Green Revolution. According to the Directorate of Plant Protection and Quarantine, pesticide consumption in the state increased from 3,200 tonnes
<font class="UCASE">the</font> chairperson of a government committee mandated to look into Kerala's endosulfan tragedy suppressed all dissenting voices within the committee to give a clean chit to the pesticide.
The committee headed by N K Ganguly, director general, Indian Council of Medical Research, has finally made its recommendations, mooting a final product standard to regulate soft drinks.
India to toe industry s line in ratifying crucial treaty
<font class="UCASE"><b>phosphorous pentoxide:</b></font> Severe eye and skin injury and chemical burns to the respiratory track, if inhaled<br> <br><font class="UCASE"><b>aromatic alcohol (also known as phenol):</b></font> It's a poisonous chemical that is corrosive in nature and readily seeps through the skin and causes burns<br> <br><font class="UCASE">vinyl alcohol and magnesium hydroxide:</font> Cause eye irritation with nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea<br>
