Although there are some companies that advertise "BPA-free" products, these items may actually not be safer.

Victims of Endosulfan pesticide and their family members on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the State secretariat here demanding immediate disbursal of compensation to them.

Bengaluru: The controversial pesticide endosulfan, widely used by Indian farmers, not only induces male infertility but also exerts damage on the liver and lungs, says a team of researchers from th

The hazard analysis based on the study of the entire forest area surrounding the factory showed that between 2002 and 2015, the entire forest patch had completely become barren.

MEERUT: A pungent smell of chemicals and dangerous silica particles greets the visitor the moment one enters the famous Kainchi (scissors) Bazaar here.

Barack Obama has offically banned the use of microbeads in personal cosmetic products that pollute lakes, rivers and oceans.

In a recent effort to promote green development, China's environmental watchdog put more than 400 types of polluting products on a blacklist.

Due to a lack of regulation, the use of mercury reached an alarming level in Bangladesh increasing health risks and environment pollution, said experts at a workshop yesterday.

The US is set to ban personal care products that contain microbeads after the House of Representatives approved a bill that would phase out the environmentally-harmful items.

The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) is proposing a total ban on the production, importation and exportation of products containing mercury, says Dr Gerald Sawula, the NEMA Deput