The findings from the FSA's organic food review have added little to our knowledge but left consumers short-changed on real benefits of organic food.

Organophosphates include insecticides like malathion, parathion and fenthion, which are widely used in developing countries like India. The pesticides inhibit the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase. The enzyme breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which transmits impulses from brain and to the body. Breakdown of acetylcholine signifies the end of a transmission. This is

The Centre on Friday informed Parliament that the use of the DDT other than in eradication of diseases like malaria and kala azar, is completely banned in the country.

Maps connect agro-chemicals to Parkinson

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at the mango festival organised by Delhi Tourism on Friday.
NEW DELHI: A three-day mango festival to celebrate the king of fruits in all its forms and varieties was inaugurated at Dilli Haat in Pitampura here by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday.

The etiology of childhood brain cancer remains largely unknown. However, previous studies have yielded suggestive associations with parental pesticide use. The researchers aimed to evaluate parental exposure to pesticides at home and on the job in relation to the occurrence of brain cancer in children.
to the occurrence of brain cancer in children.

Many people and organisations have sought to promote genetically modified (GM, transgenic) crops as a

Last year the skyrocketing cost of food was a wake-up call for the planet. Between 2005 and the summer of 2008, the price of wheat and corn tripled, and the price of rice climbed fivefold, spurring food riots in nearly two dozen countries and pushing 75 million more people into poverty.

Conceive around December, risk of birth defects is low ideally it is said a woman should be a mother before she turns 30. This keeps the risk of genetically conceived diseases low. Alcohol intake and smoking are maternal risk factors too and should be avoided. Time and again researchers have confirmed these facts. Now a study highlights the months in which one should not conceive, at

Anti-infectives are constantly discharged at trace levels in natural waters near urban centers and agricultural areas. They represent a cause for concern because of their potential contribution to the spread of anti-infective resistance in bacteria and other effects on aquatic biota.

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