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Traditional Practices of re-using wastewater at Phalodi, Jodhpur

Antiboitics in Honey

Ayurveda prescribes it for a range of ailments. People eat it for rejuvenation and boosting immunity. An Indian homemaker’s kitchen shelf is incomplete without a jar of this amber liquid. But without quality and safety controls, this gift of nature has been contaminated. CSE laboratory tests find high levels of antibiotics in well-known brands of honey sold in the market.

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Antibiotics in honey

Honey has the image of being a natural and healthy product. However, today honey is produced in an environment, polluted by different sources of contamination. The
contamination sources can be environmental and apicultural ones. Environmental contaminants are pesticides, heavy metals, bacteria and radioactivity.

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Press Releases

[Sept. 18, 2010] CSE stands by its report on honey, debunks Australian honeymaker’s claims [Sept. 15, 2010] CSE busts the myth about ‘natural and pure’ honey

CSE Lab Report

Letters

Letter from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Commerce & Industry Letter from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Letter from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Letter from Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Presentation

Factsheets

CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Laboratory over the years: a decade of public science Regulations: not working to regulate contaminants Why antibiotic in food is harmful: creating resistance and indomitable superbugs International honey trade: the murky side of sweet business

CSE Lab Report: Phthalates in Toys

Delhi NGO Centre for Science and Environment tested 24 toy samples of major brands for the presence of phthalates. In October 2008, it randomly purchased toy samples from markets in Delhi. Fifteen were soft toys and nine hard toys made in four countries. Tests showed all samples contained one or more phthalates— DEHP, DINP, DBP ( di-n-butyl phthalate) and BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), all harmful—in varying concentrations.
 
 

HEALTH IMPACTS: WATER POLLUTANTS

Physico-chemicals parameters and their significance

HEALTH IMPACTS: AIR POLLUTION

Major air pollutants and their associated health hazards

HEALTH IMPACTS: PESTICIDES

Application and health effects of pesticides commonly used in India

METHODOLOGY: WATER POLLUTANTS

METHODOLOGY: AIR POLLUTION