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State’s contaminated food chain a worry
Soil toxicity alarmingly high; urea consumption estimated at 400-600 kg per hectare Punjab, the country’s food basket, has slowly turned into the land of toxicity. Excessive use of pesticides and fertilisers
Pesticides And Toxins
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Endosulfan victims to take the fight to the Assembly
Plan hunger stir during the budget session The Endosulfan Peeditha Munnani (EPM) has decided to stage a hunger strike in front of the State Assembly during its upcoming budget session demanding fulfilment
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Environmental group sues U.S. EPA over monarch butterfly demise
An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting the dangers that a widely used herbicide poses to the declining monarch butterfly population. The Natural
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Microbial observation in bioaccumulation of heavy metals from the ash dyke of thermal power plants of Chhattisgarh, India
Several mechanisms are developed by the microorganisms to tolerate few high concentrations of heavy metals. One of these mechanisms dependent upon anabolic and catabolic energy of microorganisms is the
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Pesticides may have killed birds in Sultanpur bird sanctuary
Bird flu may not have been the cause behind the deaths of 47 birds at Sultanpur sanctuary in Gurgaon recently. Officials now suspect something more lethal. Biologists and Haryana forest department officials
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Mercury exposure and antinuclear antibodies among females of reproductive age in the United States: NHANES
Immune dysregulation associated with mercury has been suggested, though data in the general population are lacking. Chronic exposure to low levels of methylmercury (organic) and inorganic mercury is common,
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Estimating pesticide exposure from dietary intake and organic food choices: The multi-ethnic study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Organophosphate pesticide (OP) exposure to the US population is dominated by dietary intake. The magnitude of exposure from diet depends partly upon personal decisions such as which foods to eat and whether
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Suppressed' EU report could have banned pesticides worth billions
Science paper recommended ways of identifying hormone-mimicking chemicals in pesticides linked to foetal abnormalities, genital mutations, infertility and other diseases including cancer As many as
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Impact of the pesticide endosulfan 35% ec on the haematological parameters of fresh water fish, cirrhinus mrigala
Pesticidal stress is very common factor today in human health and animal health. Most of the world s population depends upon fish food. Fishes can serve as bioindicators of environmental pollution since
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A review of nonoccupational pathways for pesticide exposure in women living in agricultural areas
Women living in agricultural areas may experience high pesticide exposures compared to women in urban or suburban areas due to their proximity to farm activities. The objective of the study was to review