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Perilous pesticides
Despite international restrictions on its extensive use, pesticide trade has touched a new high. In 1998, world exports stood at US $11.4 billion, an increase of 5.4 per cent over 1997. Around
Despite international restrictions on its extensive use, pesticide trade has touched a new high. In 1998, world exports stood at US $11.4 billion, an increase of 5.4 per cent over 1997. Around
Insecticides are being used to control a virus in the US
friends of the Earth (foe) an international non-governmental organisation, is demanding that uk should ban the use of chlorpyrifos, the world's most commonly used insecticide. This
the Madhya Pradesh police has filed a case against the traders who distributed chemically-treated bajra seeds (pearl millet) to farmers in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh. At least 80
Three new studies reveal pesticide residue in wheat flour
There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous depressions scattered all over the plains making wetlands innumerable, one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Rich in flora and fauna, it i
...but chemical pesticides don t discriminate; 77 national birds die after eating sprayed grains
After keeping it in the storehouse for 22 years, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province government is shipping 50 tonnes of obsolete pesticide to the United Kingdom for incineration. The countries
New York moves towards making pesticide warning flags mandatory
Amendments proposed to the Insecticides Act seek to give it more muscle and check the growth of spurious pesticides
Texas University researchers study the link between pesticides and birth deformities
A clear, comprehensive policy on pesticide use and awareness about its harmful effects can help in solving the problems
Pesticides that have for decades been out of use are now being detected in fresh products
An international meeting on phasing out deadly pesticides has just come a cropper
Intensive use of hazardous pesticide has led to the death of thousands of sparrows who fed on dead insects from the vegetable fields in Dakatia village situated in Jessore district on the western
The flip side of a pest control bug
reports from Finland of excessive pesticide levels in sweet peppers from Spain have led the ministry of agriculture, fishery and food's (maff) to test samples on sale in uk
Farmers in the Peruvian highlands learn that all s not well with their produce, land and health
one of the most popular pesticides used in the us, Dursban, may be unsafe for humans, say officials from the us Environment Protection Agency ( epa) . Any exposure to Dursban
Cheap pesticides and fungicides have led to the spread of many diseases in the Kashmir valley