Pesticide Residues
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Basmati exporters urge Centre to hold talks with EU over pesticide norms
Sandip Das
New Delhi: With aromatic basmati rice from India kept out of the supermarkets in Germany for the last few months, following reports of the presence of high levels of pesticide residue, exporters are urging the government to hold discussion with the European Union for bringing in uniformity in the norms concerning the minimum residue limit (MRL).
“EU approval process for the presen
30/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Reports and Documents
Geophysical Investigations to Assess Industrial Waste Dumped at UCIL, Bhopal
Report on the geophysical investigations by NGRI to assess industrial waste dumped at UCIL, Bhopal.
Jul 2010
National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)
Reports and Documents
The WHO recommended classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification 2009
The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard has been published since 1975, has been revised and reissued every few years and has gained wide acceptance.
Jul 2010
WHO
Feature Articles
Perfluorinated compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticide contamination in composite food samples
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that resist degradation and bioaccumulate. Despite attempts to limit the use and distribution of these chemicals, they are still widely detected in the environment. Schecter et al.
Jun 2010
Environmental Health Perspectives
118
6
796-802
Reports and Documents
Endosulfan: the Health Effects Division’s human health risk assessment
This document is an update to the 202 HED human health risk assessment that was used to prepare the 2002 reregistration eligibility decision document for endosulfan. HED has previously pubublished an addendum that focused on the changes in HED’s risk assessment as a result of the review of a development neurotoxicity study.
Jun 2010
United States Environmental Protection Agency
News
I want to be a coach, not a captain
Coca-Cola’s sports-loving CEO says this is the strategy that has helped him steer the soft drinks giant out of various crises.
04/05/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
Not learning from Bhopal
It is 25 years of the Bhopal gas disaster—the night when chemicals spewed out of the Union Carbide factory to kill and maim thousands over generations.
Dec 2009
Down to Earth
18
15
Feature Articles
Subterranean leak
25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal reveals this latest study by Centre for Science & Environment. This study based on CSE's Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tests found that water and soil in & around the Union Carbide factory are loaded with pesticides.
Dec 2009
Down to Earth
18
14
News
Registration necessary for aqua farms
The Government of India has ordered strict implementation of registration of aquaculture farms with the Coastal Aquaculture Authority of India (CAAI) or any other designated agency. Without registration, the produce from the farm cannot be sold in the market.
02/12/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
Residual effect of Sulfonylurea Herbicides applied to wheat on the following Kharif crops as affected by organic matter
The experiment was conducted to study the residual effect of sulfonylurea herbicides applied to wheat on the different kharif crops as affected by organic matter. The results revealed that significantly higher wheat grain and straw yield was obtained where FYM was applied at 30 t/ha over 10 t ha-1 during both the years.
Dec 2009
Indian Journal of Ecology
36
2
139-142
Sulfonylurea.pdf
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