The Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules-2020
<p>The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on April 24, 2020, publishes the Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules, 2020, to further amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971. The people covered under
Insecticide
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Mexican Farmers Spread 3000 Tons of Pesticide Over Corn: GMOs the Answer?
Is there a way to reduce pesticide use? Scientists believe that insect-resistant maize could be the answer. Scientists have found that modified maize could increase yields and decrease pesticide use in
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Pesticide exposure and depression among male private pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
Pesticide exposure may be positively associated with depression. Few previous studies have considered the episodic nature of depression or examined individual pesticides. The researchers evaluated associations
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Declines in insectivorous birds are associated with high neonicotinoid concentrations
Recent studies have shown that neonicotinoid insecticides have adverse effects on non-target invertebrate species. Invertebrates constitute a substantial part of the diet of many bird species during the
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Fourth national report on human exposure to environmental chemicals
The Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, Updated Tables, July 2014 provides nationally representative biomonitoring data that has become available since the publication
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Syngenta seeks ‘emergency’ exemption to use banned insecticide on UK crops
If approved, up to one-third of UK oilseed rape crops could be treated with neonicotinoids Almost one-third of all oilseed rape in the UK could be treated with a banned insecticide if the government
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Insecticides put world food supplies at risk, say scientists
The world’s most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, according to a comprehensive scientific assessment of
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War on Cornfield Pest Sparks Clash Over Insecticide
Pesticide use is surging among U.S. corn farmers who are worried that some insects have become resistant to genetically modified versions of the crop. That’s an unexpected reversal since one of the
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Native fishes going extinct in Narsingdi
Fish eggs and spawns are ruined due to excessive use of fertilsers and insecticides in the crop field and industrial wastages flowing through the rivers Native freshwater fishes are going extinct in
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GM crops: global socio-economic and environmental impacts 1996-2012
This study presents the findings of research into the global socio-economic and environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in the seventeen years since they were first commercially planted
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Widespread use and frequent detection of neonicotinoid insecticides in wetlands of Canada's prairie pothole region
Neonicotinoids currently dominate the insecticide market as seed treatments on Canada’s major Prairie crops (e.g., canola). The potential impact to ecologically significant wetlands in this dominantly