India

 LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN

At Down To Earth (DTE) we believe that truth withheld is truth denied. Fresh evidence suggests a web of lies and deceit was weaved to declare that the pesticide endosulfan is not responsible for the horrendous mutations and ailments that many in the villages of Kerala’s Kasaragod district are suffering from.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
Down to Earth
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Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, Diagnostic Methods, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Research, India, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
India

 Slow off the mark

Discussions begin on norms for soft drinks, but urgency lacking

Publication Date: 
14/03/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Standards, Soft Drinks, Health Care, Pesticide Residues
India

 For India, with fizz

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
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Groundwater, Water Quality, Pesticide Residues, Legislation, Governance, Parliament, Government Of India (GOI), India
India

 Soft drinks do contain pesticides

The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment s findings about the presence of pesticide residues in aerated water were correct, the panel dismissed as hot air soft drink manufac

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Adulteration, Soft Drinks, Pesticide Residues, Research, Legislation, Parliament, India
Climate Change

 In Short

rescue mission: European countries have resolved to make a united effort to arrest the decline in biodiversity by 2010 and protect hundreds of species from extinction. The decision was taken at a

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
Down to Earth
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Soft Drinks, Pesticide Residues
Industry

 Democracy must be worked at

The Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC was set up to investigate the issue of pesticides in cold drinks, and everyone told us that we had reached a dead end. Parliamentarians aren t interested,

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Pesticides, Soft Drinks, Trade, Pesticide Residues, Legislation, Parliament, Government Of India (GOI), WHO, India
Pesticides

Cola troubles

THE Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has corroborated the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) claims of pesticide content in soft drinks.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2004
Amulya Gopalakrishnan
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
CSE Study, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), Pesticides, Soft Drinks, Pesticide Residues, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Food Safety
Pesticides And Toxins

Poison vs nutrition: a briefing paper on pesticide contamination and food safety

This briefing paper on pesticide contamination and food safety makes a strong case for formulating standards for food and drinks and revamping the pesticide regulatory framework in the country. It discusses the need for legally enforceable standards addresses the larger issue of institutional reform in the governance of food safety and standard setting.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2004
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Pesticides, Food Contamination, Soft Drinks, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Regulation, Pesticide Residues, Food Safety, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)
Pesticides And Toxins

Poison vs nutrition: a briefing paper on pesticide contamination and food safety

A briefing paper on "pesticide contamination and food safety" - The CSE studies on pesticides in water and soft drinks, pesticides contamination and its health impacts, regulatory apparatus and processes, right to clean water and the industrial use of water.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2003
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Pesticides, Food Contamination, Soft Drinks, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Food Security
India

 Pesticides in our food

There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. Still, the extent of irresponsibility never fails to surprise...

Publication Date: 
30/12/2003
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Pesticides, Milk Products, Food Contamination, Bottled Water Industry, Groundwater, Water Treatment Technology, Trade, DDT, Malathion, Pesticide Residues, Legislation, Governance, India, Global, European Union (EU)

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