MPs raise concerns over Government relying on research funded by pesticide manufacturers to determine the harm their products cause to bees Pesticides linked to bee decline must be banned, a parliamentary
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, and methylmercury (MeHg) are environmentally persistent with adverse effects on neurodevelopment. However, especially among populations with
The State government on Wednesday informed the Kerala High Court that it had been decided to set up a well-equipped rehabilitation village for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod. The village would have
Environmental compounds including fungicides, plastics, pesticides, dioxin and hydrocarbons can promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of adult-onset disease in future generation progeny
Federal wildlife refuges in the Northwest and Hawaii will phase out a class of pesticides that are chemically similar to nicotine because they pose a threat to bees and other pollinators key to crop growth.
In December last year, the government held a weeklong awareness campaign “Pesticides Harm Lives: Eliminate Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides” to educate people about the harmful use of pesticides on agricultural
The High Court on Monday asked the government to examine the impugned formalin detection kit, Formaldehyde Meter Z-300, to find out its precision in order to dispel confusion. Passing the interim order,
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set up 236 formalin testing booths at grocery markets in the capital within 10 days to ensure chemical and formalin free foods. DMP Commissioner Benzir Ahmed has
Two in every three loaves of bread sold in the UK contain pesticide residues, according to a new analysis of government data by environmental campaigners. Tests on hundreds of loaves also showed that 25%
The government has formed a nine-member committee to conduct, supervise and systematize the ongoing pesticide residue checking system at the Kalimati Vegetables Market. The Ministry of Agricultural
