The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …
Nine dangerous chemicals used in farming and industry will be added to a list of banned substances whose presence in the environment causes serious health risks, more than 160 government agreed on Saturday. The nine pesticides and industrial chemicals join 12 substances targeted for elimination under the 2001 Stockholm Convention …
AAn environmental group's push to temporarily ban a widely used herbicide in Argentina, citing a scientist's preliminary study, has sparked concern in the country's huge soy industry and generated disagreement within the government. An environmental group filed suit in April before the Supreme Court, seeking a ban on glyphosate, a …
Excessive use of pesticides on farmlands in two villages of Dhamrai upazila caused death of at least three children last month. It also killed a number of calves, dogs and fowls. Besides, 13 more children, all aged below seven, were hospitalised, while some farmers fell sick during the same period. …
Excessive use of pesticides on farmlands in two villages of Dhamrai upazila caused death of at least three children last month. It also killed a number of calves, dogs and fowls. Besides, 13 more children, all aged below seven, were hospitalised, while some farmers fell sick during the same period. …
A thaw of the Arctic linked to global warming may slow a drive to get rid of industrial chemicals that are harming indigenous people and wildlife, an expert said on Monday. About 150 nations are meeting in Geneva this week to consider adding nine chemicals, including pesticides and flame retardants, …
Experts and officials from some 150 countries started talks on Monday on banning production of nine chemicals considered potentially dangerous but still used in farming and for other commercial purposes. If agreement is reached at the week-long meeting, under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the nine …
Over 1.7 million acres of land in Andhra Pradesh are now farmed under Non Pesticidal Management. Almost all the important crops in Andra Pradesh grow in these villages. Villagers are developing, with institutional mechanisms of their own, as service providers and cooperatives, showing that NPM is economically sustainable and well …
April 30: The state agriculture department has directed all the pesticide manufactures in the state to implement the ban on the use of Monocrotophos on vegetables and a total ban on 28 other pesticides. The Central Insecticide Board and the Registration Committee has banned 28 pesticide formulations which include Endrin, …
The Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Tuesday directed a commission headed by Shahid Karim to evaluate whether the four leading laboratories of the country have the ability to check adulteration of hazardous ingredients in the milk. The court further required to fined, which kind of instruments are required to …
Soft attitude of the government towards polluters and lack of awareness among city dwellers have literally left dead all the rivers and other surface waters in and around the capital. Over the years the government agencies conducted small-scale drives against the polluters without yielding any major success. The polluters have …
Alison Baum of San Antonio, Texas hopes to save money and eat better by getting her hands dirty. She is joining the swelling ranks of Americans who have started backyard fruit and vegetable gardening, a trend rooted in a desire to cut costs as the recession bites, fears about the …
Cultivation of summer Mug dal has been gaining popularity in various districts of the region for the last couple of years with the farmers reaping higher economic benefit from the increased demand for this variety of pulse. Apart from cultivation of winter Mug dal, the acreage for summer Mug dal …
AHMEDABAD: It was rotla poisoning that killed three children in Chainpura, Ranip on Wednesday. Investigations have revealed that bajra rotlas served to the affected children were made of flour that contained crushed pesticide tablets. The death toll rose to three on Thursday when two more children of Chainpura succumbed to …
Work has begun on the Organic Farming, a cultivation project in the country envisaging without the usage of Chemical fertiliser and pesticides. The National Agriculture Research Council has started a pilot project, where wheat has been sown on 600 acres of land, vegetables on 60 acres and watermelon on 55 …
The Sub Regional Workshop on Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Phase Out in Military Applications would be a stepping stone for a wider environment military network in Sri Lanka, said former Executive Secretary National Protocol Secretariat, UNEP K. Madhava Sharma. Sharma who is also the Member of Technology and Economic Assessment …
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has decided to send samples of packed milk to the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) to test the quality of milk being sold in the city. The judge was hearing a petition moved by Dr Muhammad Yaqoob Bhatti …
Lahore High Court (LHC) Judge Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, while hearing a petition against the supply of adulterated milk, has appointed a senior counsel Shahzad Shaukat as the local commission to inspect the samples of the milk at a food laboratory and report to the court today (Thursday). Before leaving …
The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has dismissed several petitions by pesticide sellers, and has observed that to punish sellers of adulterated pesticides is not un-Islamic. The court observed the people who possessed adulterated pesticides were liable to punishment regardless of where they got the pesticides from. Abdul Latif, a pesticide …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Indian farmers stand to lose crops worth over Rs. 25,000 crore annually due to use of sub-standard pesticides and insecticides, a farmers
