Taming malaria with neem
Neem provides a cheap and harmless mosquito repellent that is effective against the malaria carrying Anopheles species, which is becoming increasingly resistant to pesticides.
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Contaminated fish imperil otters
A pesticide that enters the European otter's food chain has severely reduced its population
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Spraying poison
Despite a government ban on use of some common pesticides in agriculture, our food continues to be contaminated. The there is no alternative factor, ie the absence of more acceptable substitutes, the cost factor and the easy availability of the pesticide
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Tarnished terrain
Pesticides used in rice cultivation are having just the reverse effect than the one intended -instead of decimating pests, extensive studies reveal that they are, in fact, destroying precisely those precious bugs that keep the pests on a tight leash. Seve
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Wanted: professionals who care
Lack of ecological concerns among today's professionals have led to a dichotomy between development and the environment.
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Food poison
BENZENE hexachloride and malathion showed up in vegetables from the Azadpur wholesale vegetable market, prompting the ministry of agriculture to order the phasing out of chemical pesticides in
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Flower shower
Colombia's workers in the flower industry -- the 2nd largest in the world -- are organising themselves to fight against the excessive use of pesticides, 20 per cent of which are banned in the US and
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Drying wetlands
An apathetic government, land hungry people, and fight for survival: it s the same story everywhere. Here are a few examples:
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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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Neem may be effective against AIDS
Scientists believe neem stimulates the body's immune system and are working on the possibility of using it in treating AIDS.
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Marigold magic
An insecticide obtained from marigold flowers is effective against mosquito larvae
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Nature's guerrilla tactics
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method of reducing the use of pesticides by farmers by promoting alternative pest control practices such as the use of resistant rice varieties, dependence on
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Vexed with Hoechst
The Pesticide Action Network-Asia and the Pacific Regional Centre (PANAP) has launched a campaign against 2 toxic pesticides, enclosulf an and triphenyltin, manufactured primarily by the German
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"No" to sweet poison
The Women's Environmental Network had launched a campaign in spring 1993 against miserable working conditions and the use of pesticides in cocoa production. The campaign, aimed at ameliorating the
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Clipped wings
Modern farmland practices are leading to the extinction of many bird species in the UK
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Flyash herbal pesticides introduced
flyash, the notorious waste product of coal-based thermal power plants, known for its ill effects on agricultural land, may now come as an aid for the farming community. Scientists of
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The curse of coca
The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America s rainforests
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Pitting nature against pests
A Filipino farmes uses the unstinting goodness of nature to contain pests
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Pitching for sustainability in agriculture
Two films, shown recently in the Capital, focus on alternative farming strategies as a counterbalance to the ecologically destructive Green Revolution
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Soiled schemes
SURVIVAL is still the most important factor in the lives of millions in the developing countries. Now is the time to look carefully at all its aspects. Recalling Darwin, learning to live with errors