Pesticide regulations

Pact on POPs

India signs Stockholm Convention

Endosulfan Conspiracy

It was in February 2001 that Down To Earth broke the story.

Too hot to handle

It beats the poet's imagination. Jupiter's moon Io is the closest to the fire and brimstone of hell in the Bible.

The pesticide is the point

In February, we released a study on pesticide residues in bottled water being sold in the market.

India's corrupt pesticide registration system

For years corruption and irregularities in the pesticide registration system in India has been a well-documented norm.

SLAPP'ed but will not submit

In the first week of April this year, a group of men came and stood outside the Centre for Science and Environment (cse), New Delhi.

Pesticide regulations

Pesticides are widely used in agriculture without paying much heed to the consequences of its unregulated and indiscriminate use . This fact has been known to our policy makers for nearly five decades. The government is atleast under law supposed to regulate its use. The Insecticides Act of 1968 is a key piece of legislation that is supposed to govern the use, manufacture, distribution, sale and transport of insecticides with a view to lowering risks to human and animal health.

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