Pesticide Residues

Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Treatment and Research Centre (RCC), Bikaner caters to patients mainly from Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and even Uttar Pradesh. The hospital was founded in the 1940s;

Publication Date:

14/06/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20050615

pp:

0

Tags:

Pesticide Residues

Water Resources

An interview with Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment

2005 Stockholm Water Prize: An interview with Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment.

Publication Date:

01/06/2005

Source: Stockholm Water Front

Vol:

0

Issue:

2

pp:

10

Tags:

Air Pollution, Soft Drinks, Water Resources, Water Management, Traditional Water Harvesting, Pesticide Residues, Bottled Water Case, Governance And Institutions, NGO, CSE, Sunita Narain, Stockholm Water Award, India

Hazardous Waste

Toxins as manure

In July-August 2003, when soft-drink firms across the country were struggling to contain the impact of the discovery of pesticide residues in their products, in Kerala, Coca-Cola came under intense

Publication Date:

06/05/2005

Author(s): R. Krishnakumar

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Kerala, Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Pesticide Residues, Toxins, Palakkad (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), Supreme Court

India

Drained India's inland wetlands

During the last ten years, India has lost about 38 per cent of its inland wetlands; in some districts, as much as 88 per cent of the wetlands have disappeared. Almost all wetlands are heavily contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals. Rich in biodiver

Publication Date:

14/03/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Wetlands, Pesticides, Fish, Heavy Metals, Pesticide Residues, India, Statistics

Pesticides And Toxins

Analysis of pesticide residues in blood samples from villages of Punjab

Pesticides have become integral part of villagers in Punjab. Bhatinda district in Punjab, an important cotton belt of the country irrigated by canal water grows largely cotton and rice crop

Publication Date:

01/03/2005

Author(s): & et al, H. B. Mathur, H. C. Agarwal, Sapna Johnson

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Pesticides, Health Effects, Blood, Acute Toxicity, Chronic Toxicity, Pesticide Residues, Punjab, Diseases

Pesticides

That DDT On My Broccoli

Be careful, but not paranoiac about pesticides. They are harmful but only when consumed in large doses.

Publication Date:

31/01/2005

Author(s): Paromita Shastri

Source: Outlook (New Delhi)

Tags:

Pesticides, CSE, Vegetables, Mercury, Fish, Hazardous Products, Cancer, Pesticide Residues

Natural Disasters

Bytes

green pesticide: A fungus has been found to be the perfect weapon against troublesome ants and termites. Though lethal to the pests, it does not harm other insects, animals or people, according to

Publication Date:

30/01/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20050131

pp:

0

Tags:

Pesticide Residues

Water Supply

Physico-chemical studies of drinking water and performance evaluation of treatment plants in Delhi

A study to assess the supply of drinking water quality in Delhi, by examining the various physico-chemical parameters, namely pH, conductivity, TDS, SS, DO, BOD, COD, calcium and magnesium hardness, total hardness, alkalinity, salinity, turbidity of the pre-treated water samples from Bhagirathi, Wazirabad, Chandrawal, Haiderpur and Okhala Water Treatment Plants has been carried out.

Publication Date:

01/01/2005

Author(s): T. A. Khan, D. Kumar, Abul Hasnat & et al

Source: Pollution Research

Vol:

24

Issue:

1

pp:

13

Tags:

Water Treatment Technology, Water Quality, Heavy Metals, Drinking Water, Urban Water Supply, Drinking Water Standards, Water Supply, Pesticide Residues, Delhi

Pesticides And Toxins

Codex standard for mangoes

This standard applies to commercial varieties of mangoes grown from Mangifera indica L., of the Anacardiaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Mangoes for industrial processing are excluded.

Publication Date:

01/01/2005

Source: Codex Alimentarius Commission

Tags:

Heavy Metals, Mango, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Residues, CODEX