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 …
Aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate by Columbia is posing a serious health hazards for Ecuadorians. Colombia is spraying the herbicide in its Putumayo province to control the cultivation of drugs. But this has raised concerns in Ecuador, which shares a 620-km border with Colombia. Incidents of headaches, fever and …
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Industrial Deve lopment Organisation (UNIDO) have launched a new website on the cost-effective means of phasing out the extremely toxic and ozone depleting pesticide, methyl bromide. The website www.uneptie.org/ unido-harvest provides information on the experiences and results of projects aimed at phasing …
in two separate incidents in Idukky district in Kerala, one boy died and 41 persons were hospitalised after being exposed to phorate, an extremely hazardous pesticide, on June 26, 2001. The pesticide, which is widely used in the state, is a restricted use pesticide and is part of the us …
rachel Carson couldn't have been more accurate. A disturbing silence is the overarching presence in lands doused with chemical pesticides. Not just Padre
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that municipalities across the country have the right to ban the residential use of pesticides. The court ruled that the Montreal suburb of Hudson had not violated laws when, in 1991, it banned the use of pesticides for gardening, becoming the first Canadian …
tiny silverleaf whiteflies are resisting the latest crop of pesticides in fields of melons and peppers in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, us . Tong-Xian Liu, researcher at the Texas a&m; University, in the us , and his assistants, searching for signs of the tiny silverleaf whiteflies say there …
children exposed to ddt (dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane) attain puberty at a much younger age, reveals a new study. The study shows that girls exposed to ddt develop breasts and start their menstruation cycle by the age of ten, both processes which generally start at the age of 12. The study carried out …
A South African company continues to sell Chlordane, a toxic pesticide that is banned worldwide. The South African chemical industry stopped selling the pesticide in March 2000. But Gulf Chemicals, a KwaZulu-Natal-based company, continues to manufacture the pesticide, with the approval of Etienne Wolmarans, registrar of the country's department of …
A dozen notoriously toxic chemicals have been outlawed, or restricted around the world under a landmark United Nations treaty signed in Stockholm in May. It is a rare piece of good news for the global environment. The accord will ban, phase out or severely cut back a range of industrial …
some European countries and the us had plans to dump 29 million tonnes of toxic wastes in 11 African countries. But their plans were stalled in the wake of widespread protests from African communities. These are the findings of a new report, which was recently released by Oladele Osibajo, Nigeria's …
More than 500,000 tonnes of obsolete pesticides are threatening the environment and the health of millions of people in almost all developing countries, warns the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Asia accounts for 200,000 tonnes of these pesticides, Africa for 100,000 tonnes and eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent …
at least 120 countries have agreed to become signatories to a un treaty banning or restricting the use of 12 toxic chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants ( pop s). The treaty, known as the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, was signed on May 23, 2001, and will become …
pesticide companies, that are members of the Brussels-based Global Crop Protection Federation ( gcpf ), have taken up the responsibility of cleaning up their products in developing countries. " gcpf companies will contribute financially once they have been able to identify which of their products are truly obsolete,' said Chris …
A German food laboratory found traces of potentially dangerous pesticide Dicofol and fungicides Procymidon and Chlorthalonil in six out of 20 random samples of imported strawberries reports Reuters . The samples were from Spain and Italy. All three substances are suspected of being carcinogenic. Dicofol belongs to the same chemical …
The Himalayan newt, also called the Indian salamander, takes shelter among bamboo stumps in and around the hills of Darjeeling. It lives close to calm and still waters. During the monsoons, it feeds on algae, water beetles and bugs. After the showers, it leaps down on insect larvae, snails, slugs …
Almost 3,000 tonnes of dangerous pesticides stored at nearly 1,000 sites around Ethiopia are threatening the health of millions of people and contaminating the soil and water resources. "These pesticides are time bombs,' says Belay Ejigu, the country's deputy agriculture minister. The pesticides got accumulated due to mismanagement. A severe …
increased levels of organophosporus pesticides have been found in children living close to gardens where these chemicals are sprayed, says a recent study. The
Butter could help monitor airborne pollution. Scientists at the University of Lancaster, UK, have used butter to track persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other chemicals. When these pollutants get deposited on the ground cows consume them and the compounds accumulate in dairy fat. The researchers' analysis of commercial butter samples …
