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30/12/1995
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Those were the days!
EARUER this year, the German multinational, Hoechst, found itself the target of a fierce confrontation, the battle lines being drawn between the greens and the scientific community. All that the
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Killing witout dying
After having made a feature film in Malyalam, K P Sasi is back to making documentaries. This time around he is targeting pesticides. Says Sasi, "I have been researching the
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Neem measures
THE Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has formulated quality specifications for neem-based pesticides as no specific quality control standards had hitherto been fixed. The growing demand for
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Fresh flowers
The Switzerland-based coalitim group, the Blumen-Kampag (Flower Campaign) which campaigns against pesticide usad worldwide has notched xipU-Actory. it-has forced Ciba-Geigy, the
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Diehard
Toxic pesticides used by developing countries wing their way up to the Arctic region, affecting the Northern climes, and find their way into the human system through water, and some life-forms dependent on it. The situation is so alarming that some enviro
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Snake in the grass
What was once thought to be the friends of farmers and containers of vector borne diseases, are turning out to be a global threat
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THE PHILIPPINES
Asian farmers are learning a new lesson: killing insects that eat up the leaves in their paddy fields is a futile opearation, because the pests make little difference to the rice yield. "You can
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'Pesticides have more alarming effects than mere cancer'
The chief of staff of the International Joint Commission IJC of the United States and Canada, DAVID LaROCHE has 25 years of national and international diplomatic and non governmental campaign experience behind him. He has served 4 United States admini
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Web of protection
By devouring pests, spiders prove to be particularly useful to crops
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Cancerous farming
Brazilian farmers frequently using pesticides in their farm operations, unknowingly make their children susceptible to kidney cancer. Recently, researchers established that 18 per cent of Wilms'
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Lethal lactation
A study carried out by scientists of the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University says a high rate of pesticide residue in the milk of lactating mothers in the Krishna delta region of the state is
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Garlic guard
The legend goes that drops of nectar being carried to heaven fell on earth and out grew garlic plants. Though the role of garlic in curing various human ailments has long been established,
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Self defending spuds
Potato plants that poison pests
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Brushing up
India's good old neem tree could be used by industry if it stands by its assurances of research and resources
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Eco friendly killings
Move over mosquito coils, repellent mats and creams. A green way of hacking the pesky biters, by way of bio-degradable insecticides, will soon make the nights more peaceful. The brainchild of the
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The chlorine bomb
An used chlor alkali plant is slipped through lax Indian laws on the import of hazardous technology
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A pox on pests
INSECTS destroy a major part of standing crop, damaging the predominantly agrarian economy of the developing countries. That traditional pesticides are indisputably environmentally detrimental is an
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Pesticides of death
SINCE Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , written in 1962, tried to wake the world to the damage pesticides can do both to human health and the environment, the limitations of chemical pesticides have
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Cheap mutations for farmers
Indian agriculturists have evolved indigenous technology for producing stable and cost-effective biopesticides. These cellular pesticides, based on mutations of the toxic Bt gene, are cheaper and