Food safety and toxins

Work Overview

The programme relies on a two pronged strategy of doing laboratory research to generate empirical data on issues of toxins and food safety and secondly, doing policy research and advocacy to bring about changes in the regulatory and enforcement framework.

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Endosulfan poisoning in Padre village: Industry's dirty tactics
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Endosulfan poisoning in Padre village: Industry's dirty tactics

Pesticide industry body loses defamation case against CSE, twice
CSE Study, Endosulfan, Health Effects, Kasaragod, Kerala, National Institute Of Occupational Health (NIOH), Padre Village, Pesticide Industry, Pesticide Poisoning, Rotterdam Convention, Story, Endosulfan poisoning in Padre village: Industry's dirty tactics
Bhopal: toxic legacy
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BHOPAL: A TOXIC LEGACY

Bhopal is the name of the place where, once upon a time, a vast plume of poison burst upon 5,20,000 people. But that happened 25 years ago.
CSE Study, Dow Chemicals, Pesticide and Toxins, Pesticide Industry, Story, Union Carbide, Bhopal: toxic legacy
Toxic Toys
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Toxic toys

We generally take toys for granted but this may no longer be the case atleast not if we are concerned about the health of our young children.
CSE Study, Health Effects, India, Pesticides And Toxins, Story, Toxic Toys
Pesticides in soft drinks
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Pesticides in soft drinks

Adopting dual standards is a practice large multi national corporations follow especially when it comes to developing countries. Soft drinks industry is a classic case of this as the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) discovered way back in 2003.  A laboratory report prepared by CSE detailed some astonishing facts about the extent of pesticide contamination in soft drinks sold in India.
CSE Study, Food Safety, Story, Pesticides in soft drinks

Latest Clippings

Imported toys will have to conform to norms specified by BIS
K. Lakshmi The regulation will cover toys targeted at children below six years Toys with toxic substances pose health risk to children CHENNAI: Imported toys sold in the city will soon be required to carry statutory information about their conforming to the safety standards specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards. read more
 
 
 
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