Pesticides And Toxins

SC reserves verdict on Pepsi plea against Kerala govt over pesticides in soft drinks

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a batch of pleas filed by global softdrink majors Pepsico challenging the Kerala government

Publication Date: 
16/09/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Soft Drink Standards, PepsiCo, Supreme Court, Kerala, Pesticide Residues, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Coca Cola, Food Adulteration, Pesticides And Toxins
Pesticides And Toxins

Basmati exporters urge Centre to hold talks with EU over pesticide norms

Sandip Das

New Delhi: With aromatic basmati rice from India kept out of the supermarkets in Germany for the last few months, following reports of the presence of high levels of pesticide residue, exporters are urging the government to hold discussion with the European Union for bringing in uniformity in the norms concerning the minimum residue limit (MRL).

Publication Date: 
30/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pesticide Residues, Basmati Rice, European Union (EU), Exports, India, Pesticides And Toxins
Environment

Geophysical Investigations to Assess Industrial Waste Dumped at UCIL, Bhopal

Report on the geophysical investigations by NGRI to assess industrial waste dumped at UCIL, Bhopal.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2010
National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Environment, Pesticide Residues, Bhopal (T), Toxic Wastes, National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Bhopal Gas Disaster
Pesticides And Toxins

The WHO recommended classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification 2009

The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard has been published since 1975, has been revised and reissued every few years and has gained wide acceptance.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2010
WHO
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POPs, Pesticides, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins, Acute Toxicity, Pesticide Residues, WHO, WHO, Geneva
Pesticides And Toxins

Perfluorinated compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticide contamination in composite food samples

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that resist degradation and bioaccumulate. Despite attempts to limit the use and distribution of these chemicals, they are still widely detected in the environment. Schecter et al.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Arnold Schecter, Justin Colacino, Darrah Haffner & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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POPs, Pesticides, Food Contamination, Health Effects, DDT, PCBs, Pesticides And Toxins, Organochlorines, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, United States Of America (US), Environmental Health Perspectives, Arnold Schecter, Justin Colacino, Darrah Haffner & et al
Pesticides And Toxins

Endosulfan: the Health Effects Divisions human health risk assessment

This document is an update to the 202 HED human health risk assessment that was used to prepare the 2002 reregistration eligibility decision document for endosulfan. HED has previously pubublished an addendum that focused on the changes in HED

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Tags:
Pesticides, Health Effects, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Toxicology, Washington DC, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides And Toxins
Pesticides And Toxins

I want to be a coach, not a captain

Coca-Cola

Publication Date: 
04/05/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pesticides, Soft Drinks Industry, Coca Cola, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Residues, CSE Study, Soft Drink Standards, CSE, Sunita Narain, Business Standard (New Delhi)
Environment

Not learning from Bhopal

It is 25 years of the Bhopal gas disaster—the night when chemicals spewed out of the Union Carbide factory to kill and maim thousands over generations.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2009
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Environment, Pesticides, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Aldicarb, Carbaryl, Toxicity Studies, Pesticide Residues, Union Carbide, High Court, Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes, Land Pollution
Environment

Subterranean leak

25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal reveals this latest study by Centre for Science & Environment. This study based on CSE's Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tests found that water and soil in & around the Union Carbide factory are loaded with pesticides.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2009
Down to Earth
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Environment, Land Pollution, Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Compensation, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Pesticide Residues, CSE Study, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Groundwater Pollution
Fisheries

Registration necessary for aqua farms

The Government of India has ordered strict implementation of registration of aquaculture farms with the Coastal Aquaculture Authority of India (CAAI) or any other designated agency. Without registration, the produce from the farm cannot be sold in the market.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Aquaculture, Pesticide Residues, Government Of India (GOI), European Union (EU)

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