BASF challenges EU ban on fipronil pesticide
German chemicals group BASF said it launched a legal challenge against the European Commission's ban of BASF's insecticide fipronil, imposed in July on concern its use as seed treatment is linked to...
View ArticleNo hearing on plea for Bhopal gas relief in 3 yrs
Just days before the 29th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster of 1984, news came last Friday that no hearing took place at the Supreme Court on a curative petition filed by the central government to
View ArticleAgriculture Dept pesticide caused heavy losses to rice growers
Rajbir Singh of Khadri village never thought that the pesticide got free from the Agriculture Department would not work to save his rice crop from weeds and he would have to plant the crop again. For
View ArticleResidents of 14 villages join hands against pesticides
Their experiment bears fruit with increase in crop production, profits Residents of 14 villages, mainly women, of Jind district have taken upon themselves the responsibility of keeping pesticides away...
View ArticleInspect polluting industries: National Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday ordered the inspection of nearly 1,000 industries in UP for polluting the Ganga by releasing untreated effluents into its waters. The principal bench of the tribunal
View ArticleStop pesticide poisonings!: a time travel through international pesticide...
Stop Pesticide Poisonings depicts why a growing number of individuals and organisations no longer believe that training can achieve so called safe use of hazardous pesticides. Instead, many bodies call
View ArticleLowest common denominator: EU-US trade deal threatens to lower standards of...
A new analysis exposes how the American and European pesticide industry is using ongoing EU-US trade negotiations to lower human health and environmental standards in order to increase trade in toxic...
View ArticleGPCB orders closure of 42 units in Vapi for 2 months
SURAT: At least 42 industrial units manufacturing paper, drugs and pesticides, dyes and chemicals, etc. located in Vapi GIDC have been ordered to close down for two months by Gujarat Pollution Control
View ArticleChina to ban water-polluting paper mills, oil refineries
China will ban water-polluting paper mills, oil refineries, pesticide producers and other industrial plants by the end of 2016, as it moves to tackle severe pollution of the country's water supply.
View ArticleBrazil prosecutors seek $16 million from pesticide makers
May 18 Brazilian prosecutors said on Monday they would seek at least 50 million reais ($16.6 million) from multinational pesticide manufacturers for alleged safety violations at a collection facility for
View ArticleEU watchdog says pesticides harmful to bees, industry disagrees
Widely-used pesticides made by Bayer CropScience and Syngenta pose a risk to bees, the European Union's food safety watchdog said on Wednesday, reinforcing previous research that led to EU restrictions.
View ArticleChina needs further action to stop water pollution: vice premier
China faces a "formidable task" to clean up its rivers and lakes and needs a fundamental change in attitudes to prioritize the environment over economic development at all cost, vice premier Wang Yang
View ArticlePersonal care products pack toxic microbeads
As we finish using an aesthetically designed tube of toothpaste, face wash or face wash, thousands of microbeads and microplastics would have mixed with the water systems, thereby causing serious...
View ArticleTribunal asks PCB to inspect areas near Hindustan Insecticides Ltd
KOCHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the pollution control board (PCB) to inspect the secured landfill areas and effluent collection tanks at Kuzhikandom Thodu on the Eloor-Edayar belt
View ArticlePesticide manufacturers' own tests reveal serious harm to honeybees
Unpublished field trials by pesticide manufacturers show their products cause serious harm to honeybees at high levels, leading to calls from senior scientists for the companies to end the secrecy which
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding insecticide manufacturers...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Karukampally Vijayan Biju Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/07/2017 regarding insecticide manufacturers are circumventing the mandatory
View ArticleSRF gets green nod for Rs 4,800-cr expansion project in Guj
Multi-business entity SRF Ltd has received green nod for expansion of its specialty chemicals, pesticide and fluoro chemicals manufacturing plant at Dahej in Gujarat, which will entail an investment of
View ArticleThe Pesticides Management Bill, 2017
A Bill to regulate the import, manufacture, export, storage, sale, transport, distribution, quality and use of pesticides with a view to— control pests; ensure availability of quality pesticides; allow
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding water pollution from discharge...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manveer Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 05/12/2018 regarding water pollution from discharge of effluents by Insecticides India
View ArticleProposed standards and executive summary of Comprehensive Industrial Document...
The revision of COINDS is required to cover the status of pesticide industries with production details of different types of pesticides, number of units and their locations, type of pesticides and process
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