Pesticides And Toxins

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Democratic Youth Federation of India Vs Union of India & Others regarding endosulfan poisoning in Kerala, 10/01/2017

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Democratic Youth Federation of India Vs Union of India & Others regarding endosulfan poisoning in Kerala. Supreme Court of India directs the concerned state governments to release the entire undisbursed payment of compensation, quantified as Rs.5 lakhs each, to all the affected persons, within three months.

Judgement Date:

10/01/2017

Tags:

Endosulfan, Supreme Court, Kerala, Health Effects, Compensation, Pesticides

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding use of microbeads in personal care products, 09/01/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashwini Kumar Vs. Union of India & Others dated 09/01/2017 regarding use of microbeads in personal care products. NGT in the Order said that as the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization which comes under Ministry of Health to ensure that no product, commercial or otherwise, imported or made domestically is allowed to be sold or made available to public which is dangerous for human use.

Judgement Date:

09/01/2017

Tags:

Plastics, Toxins, Cosmetics, Health Effects, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

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Centre to ban use of 18 pesticides harmful to humans and animals

Acting on advice of an expert committee, the Centre will ban use of 18 pesticides in India as it involves risk to humans and animals.

Publication Date:

09/01/2017

Author(s): Vishwa Mohan

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Pesticides, Water Pollution, Health Effects, Ministry Of Agriculture, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pesticides And Toxins

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Retrospective analysis of heavy metal contamination in Rhode Island based on old and new herbarium specimens

Herbarium specimens may provide a record of past environmental conditions, including heavy metal pollution. To explore this potential, we compared concentrations of copper, lead, and zinc in historical and new collections from four sites in Rhode Island, USA.

Original Source

Publication Date:

06/01/2017

Author(s): Sofia M. Rudin, David W. Murray, Timothy J. S. Whitfeld

Source: Applications in Plant Sciences

Vol:

5

Issue:

1

pp:

1-13

Tags:

Heavy Metals, Flora, United States Of America (US), Pesticides And Toxins

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Global governance of hazardous pesticides to protect children: Beyond 2020

This paper outlines PAN Asia Pacific’s concern about the impact of hazardous pesticides on children, and the need for greatly improved global governance of pesticides post 2020, to protect the rights of children and to meet the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030.

Publication Date:

01/01/2017

Source: Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific

Tags:

Pesticides, Children, Governance, Endosulfan, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India, Global, Pesticide Use, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Toxins, Pesticide Residues, Health Effects

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China tightens agrochemical residue standard

China shored up its regulations on chemical residues in food with a new national standard, the Ministry of Agriculture said Wednesday.

Publication Date:

29/12/2016

Source: China Daily

Tags:

Pesticides, Pesticides And Toxins, China, Toxins

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Analysis of heavy metals accumulation in mangroves and associated mangroves species of Ennore mangrove ecosystem, East Coast India

This study is to collect the samples of true mangrove plant, associated mangrove plants, water and sediments from Ennore Mangrove Ecosystem and the samples are analyzed for heavy metals accumulation.

Publication Date:

01/12/2016

Author(s): N. Kannan, N. Thirunavukkarasu, A. Suresh & et al

Source: Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Vol:

9

Issue:

46

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Mangroves, Heavy Metals, Ecosystems, Tamil Nadu, Wetlands, Pollution

Pesticides And Toxins

Toxic chemicals trigger cancer in children: Green activists

Among the 260 pesticides in use in India, 56 are carcinogenic and banned in other countries.

Publication Date:

15/11/2016

Author(s): Laxmi Prasanna

Source: Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Pesticides, Cancer, Endosulfan, Organic Farming, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins

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Notification on lead content in Hosuehold and Decorative paints Rules, 2016

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC), in its recent notification, has prohibited manufacture, trade, import as well as export of household and decorative paints containing lead or lead compounds in excess of 90 parts per million (ppm).

Publication Date:

01/11/2016

Source: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Tags:

Lead, Paint, Health Effects, India, Trade, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)

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