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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Spotlight `Herbal' is chemical, `baked' is fake
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.
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Productivity of pesticides in vegetable farming in Nepal
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
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Pesticide exposure: a growing problem for Nepal's farmers
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
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Toxic treatment
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
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What Dubey did
<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.
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Ganguly panel confirms pesticide in soft drinks
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.
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POP's puppetry
India to toe industry s line in ratifying crucial treaty
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Toxins in samples
<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>
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Pesticide jeopardy
<font class="UCASE">a division</font> Bench of Kerala High Court has once again directed the state government to conduct another epidemiological study in the cashew plantation areas in Kerala and trace out the factors responsible for health problems in areas such as Padre and Cheemeni in Kasaragod district. <br>
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Lead to a fall
<font class="UCASE">the</font> Doe Run Company (<font class="UCASE">drc</font>) in Peru has been held responsible for lead, antimony and cadmium poisoning of the residents of La Oroya town in Peru.