Health

Laboratory results of honey testing

It is a food fraud more nefarious and more sophisticated than what we found in our 2003 and 2006 investigations into soft drinks; more damaging to our health than perhaps anything that we have found till now – keeping in mind the fact that we are still fighting against a killer COVID-19 pandemic with our backs to the wall.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2020
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Food Adulteration, Honey, Health Effects, India, CSE Study
Health

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on packaged foods with abnormal salt and fat contents, 03/03/2020

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on packaged foods with abnormal salt and fat contents, 03/03/2020. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has informed that Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study has alleged that the quantity of salt and fat in the samples tested were higher than the threshold limits proposed in the draft Food Safety and Standards (Labelling & Display) Regulations. Out of total 33 samples tested in the said study, 19 samples are of ‘prepared food’ where ‘Front- of-Pack’ Labelling is not applicable.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Processed Foods, India, CSE Study, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Salt, Processed Food Standards
Pesticides And Toxins

Analysis of salt, total fat, trans fat and carbohydrate in junk food

Most packaged food and fast food items being sold in India contain "dangerously" high levels of salt and fat in them, according to a new laborator

Publication Date: 
17/12/2019
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Junk Food, Food Safety, Health Effects, India, CSE Study
Air Pollution

Ozone pollution higher this summer, says CSE

Ozone pollution has increased in Delhi-NCR this summer compared to last year, an analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, has found.

Publication Date: 
20/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, CSE Study, Air Pollution, Ozone Layer, Air Quality Index (AQI), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Energy

Delhi’s sweet spot: 25°C to 31°C

Study says power demand doesn’t rise with increase in temperature in this range

Publication Date: 
20/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, CSE Study, Electricity, Heat Waves, Energy
Health

Rampant sale of unapproved GM processed food in India, finds study

NEW DELHI: Raising an alarm over the availability of unapproved genetically-modified processed food, Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) alleged large-scale illegal sale

Publication Date: 
27/07/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
GM Crops, Food Process Industry, CSE Study, Edible Oils, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Health
Health

Genetically Modified Processed Food in India

Foods produced from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are referred to as genetically modified (GM) foods. The safety of GM foods has been a matter of concern. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has not allowed GM foods in India so far.

Publication Date: 
26/07/2018
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
GMOs, Processed Foods, India, CSE Study, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI
Health

Unlawful Entry: Illegal GM in our food

In a first study of its kind for India, New Delhi-based research and advocacy body Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has exposedlarge-scale illegal presence and sale of genetically modified (GM) processed foodsin the country. Without the approval of the Food Safety and Standards Authorityof India (FSSAI),production, sale and import of these foods is banned in the country.

Tags:
Processed Foods, India, CSE Study, GMOs
Climate Change

Emissions Goals at Risk as 'Clunker' Cars Flood Africa, S. Asia

NAIROBI - African and South Asian nations could miss national targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions unless rich countries stop using them as dumping grounds for millions of polluting old cars, a

Publication Date: 
25/07/2018
Big News Network
Tags:
Climate Change, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Imports, Green House Gases, Cars, Africa, Asia, Carbon Dioxide, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), CSE Study
Climate Change

Massive dumping of used vehicles in Africa worsen climate change – Study

A new study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India has shown that 90 per cent of vehicles imported by Africans contribute to environmental pollution because the

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
Daily Trust (Nigeria)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, CSE Study, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Imports, Environment, Green House Gases, India, South Asia

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