India

 Pesticide poisoning

Kerala s tryst with pesticide related deaths continue

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Surendranath C
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Tea, Workers, Women, Hazardous Products, Kerala, Idukki
India

 There is never enough water

Kerala today has such a high population density that its total per capita rainwater availability is less than that of dry Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Western Ghats, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Kerala, Rainfall
India

 Wonders of the Sun

Installation of solar panels have made life comfortable

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solar Energy, Energy Technology, Electricity, Kerala, Idukki
Natural Disasters

 Twilight Zone

PRABHANJAN VERMA The film is a critical analysis of the left wing stand in Kerala on the sensitive nuclear arms issue. It portrays the tug-of-war between the official party line that has

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
War, Nuclear Weapons, Kerala
India

 Cyclones, doubts and monsoon

An early monsoon breaks a few myths

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Arabian Sea, El Nino, Monsoons, Cyclones, Drought, Environmental Science, NGO, CSE, India, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Global, Rainfall
India

 Tribal triumph

The Kani tribals are awarded a patent

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tribals, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Kerala
Environment

 Bailing out turtles

A Kerala village strives to save Olive Ridley turtles threatened by indiscriminate sand mining

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
A Biju Kumar
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Estuaries, Western Ghats, Fisherfolk, Turtles, Kerala, Kozhikode (D)
Air Pollution

 Probing a pesticide tragedy

Laboratory tests nail the Plantation Corporation of Kerala. The state government sets up an inquiry committee

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Plantation Crops, Health Effects, Endosulfan, Media, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), CSE, Anil Agarwal, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
Water Pollution

 Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala. Sopan Joshi listens

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Pesticides, Plantation Crops, Health Effects, Cancer, Child Health, Mental Health, Genetic Disorders, Endosulfan, Endrin, Pesticide Residues, Toxicology, Public Participation, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
Pesticides And Toxins

Analysis of samples from Padre village in Kasaragod district of Kerala for endosulfan residues

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released the shocking results of its laboratory analysis on samples brought from Padre village of Enmakaje Gram Panchayat in Kasaragod district, Kerala, where a lot of unusual diseases related to the central nervous system have been reported, especially among children.

Publication Date: 
21/02/2001
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Endosulfan, Kasaragod (D), Kerala, Pesticide Use, CSE Study, Health Effects, Padre Village, Pesticides And Toxins

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