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500 fresh applications seek compensation to endosulfan victims
MLA K Vasanth Bangera said a total of 500 fresh applications have been received seeking compensation for the reported effects of endosulfan.
Talking to reporters after receiving applications from the members of the public at Kokkada near here on Sunday, he said deserving people can still apply for the compensation.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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Sowing the seeds of organic farming
When he would come home from his modest half-acre farm after sundown, Ramesh Pradhan wouldn’t go near his children and wife until he had bathed and changed his clothes. As a vegetable farmer in Nayagarh district’s Kiriyalanji village under Nuagaon block, Pradhan, 32, would reek of pesticides and fertilisers after a day of toil at his field, about 200 metres away from his home.
- Date:
- 26/02/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Migratory birds easy target for hunters
Killed For Food, Medicine Near Garhmukteshwar
Garhmukteshwar (Ghaziabad): People seem to be forgetting the time-tested tradition of Atithi Devo Bhavah — welcoming guests with open arms. The migratory birds that have landed in western Uttar Pradesh this year are finding a distinct lack of hospitality.
- Date:
- 19/02/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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The pesticide on the brinjal plate
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s indefinite moratorium on Bt brinjal has put the brakes on a reform that would have drastically cut the amount — and cost — of pesticides used by farmers.
- Date:
- 18/02/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Thiruvananthapuram’s toxic lab
Reema Narendran
Citizens rejoice! Our city is developing at such a remarkable rate that the city ponds are becoming experimental grounds for pesticides and herbicides hitherto unknown in the country. And the cityfathers at the Corporation, either consciously or otherwise, have given a silent nod.
- Date:
- 04/02/2010
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- New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Neonatal organophosphorus pesticide exposure alters the developmental trajectory of cell-signaling cascades controlling metaboli
Recent studies have indicated that organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) may disrupt metabolism by altering the expression or function of adenylyl cyclase (AC; the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of cAMP from ATP) or G-proteincoupled receptors and G-proteins involved in the AC signaling cascade.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
- Source:
- Environmental Health Perspectives Vol: 118 Issue: 2 pp: 210-215
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Spurious pesticides cost farmers Rs 7,000 cr: Study
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai January 22, 2010, 0:04 IST
‘The country loses crops worth Rs 1,40,000 crore annually to pests & diseases’
According to data compiled by the New Delhi-based Agrochemicals Policy Group (APG), spurious or substandard pesticides worth Rs 1,400 crore were sold in India in 2009, as compared with Rs 1,200 crore in 2008.
- Date:
- 22/01/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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National consultations on Bt Brinjal: primer on concerns, issues and prospects
The Environment Minister, Mr. Jairam Ramesh chaired the first in a series of nationwide consultations on the issue of BT Brinjal at Kolkata. Organised by the MoEF and CEE this consultation aims at giving the public a forum where meaningful debate on the issue can take place before a final decision on the introduction of BT Brinjal is taken.
- Date:
- Jan 2010
- Source:
- Centre for Environment Education
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NGO calls for ‘real comparison’ before cultivation of Brinjal
A day before Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is scheduled to start a month-long national consultation process, spread across seven cities, to firm up a decision on whether to allow commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal in India, environmentalists have called for a moratorium on the cultivation and a ‘real,
- Date:
- 13/01/2010
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- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Over 100 birds die in tea estate
Dibrugarh, Jan. 10: Over a hundred birds died of suspected pesticide poisoning in a tea estate at Moran in Dibrugarh today.
Forest officials said samples of the dead birds would be sent to the forensic laboratory for tests to ascertain the cause.
- Date:
- 11/01/2010
- Source:
- Telegraph (Kolkata)
