India

 Toxic rain

swiss researchers have stated that

Publication Date: 
30/05/1999
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Water Quality, Drinking Water, Pesticide Residues, Switzerland, Rainfall
Environment

 Poisonous rats

Birds and mammals are dying after eating rodents which have consumed rodenticides

Publication Date: 
14/04/1999
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Pesticides, Pesticide Residues, Mammals, Rodents, Birds, Environmental Science
Pesticides And Toxins

Determination of organochlorine pesticide residues in honey, applying solid phase extraction with RP-C18 material

In this study, a new clean up method was developed for the routine multiresidue determination of organochlorine

Publication Date: 
01/01/1999
D. Tsipi, M. Triantafyllou, A. Hiskia
The Analyst
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Pesticides, Honey, Pesticides And Toxins, Organochlorines, Gas Chromatograph, Pesticide Residues, Greece
India

 Hazardous pesticides

The bulk of pesticides used in India are organochlorines which have an immense capacity to persist in the environment and accumulate within living bodies. Pesticides like dichlorodiphenyl

Publication Date: 
Saturday, February 14, 1998
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Hazardous Products, Pesticide Residues, India, Statistics
Energy

 Turning over a tea leaf

Production of organic tea in Darjeeling is increasing as consumers in the West refuse to import tea with pesticide residues

Publication Date: 
14/05/1997
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Organic Farming, Tea, Pesticide Residues, Darjiling (D), Agricultural Science
Water Resources

 Toxic turnover

Homicide by Pesticides: words of shared concern

Publication Date: 
14/03/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Pesticide Residues, Toxic Wastes
Climate Change

 Poison river

Mythology has named Yamuna after the sister of Yama, the Hindu God of death. With the presence of toxic pesticides and chemicals in the river, this nomenclature seems prophetic

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
Max Martin, Rajat Banerji
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
Climate Change

 The segments

Segment I: Himalayan: From source to Tajewala; 172 km Segment II: Upper: From Tajewala to Wazirabad; 224 km Segment III: Delhi: Wazirabad barrage to Okhla barrage; 22 km Segment IV:

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
Climate Change

 How much. And from where

Delhi gets its water from the following sources off the Yamuna

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)
India

 The eutrophicated segment and Agra

Agra’s residents drink the waters of the Yamuna which become a ‘green soup’ in the fourth segment

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Delhi, Agra (D)

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