Pesticides And Toxins

State puts limits on a pesticide used for strawberries, other crops

California puts limits on tear gas-like pesticide chloropicrin used for strawberries and other crops

Publication Date:

15/01/2015

Source: Los Angeles Times

Tags:

Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Use, Agriculture, California, United States Of America (US), Health Effects

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Low-dose exposure to bisphenol A and replacement bisphenol S induces precocious hypothalamic neurogenesis in embryonic zebrafish

Here we demonstrate that bisphenol A (BPA) exposure during a time point analogous to the second trimester in humans has real and measurable effects on brain development and behavior. Furthermore, our study is the first, to our knowledge, to show that bisphenol S, a replacement used in BPA-free products, equally affects neurodevelopment. These findings suggest that BPA-free products are not necessarily safe and support a societal push to remove all structurally similar bisphenol analogues and other compounds with endocrine-disruptive activity from consumer goods.

Publication Date:

12/01/2015

Author(s): Cassandra D. Kinch, Kingsley Ibhazehiebo, Joo-Hyun Jeong & et al

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

pp:

1-6

Tags:

Toxins, Health Effects, Plastics, Research, Neurology, Maternal Health

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Report: transatlantic trade agreement could increase toxic pesticide use

NGO warns that regulations for harmful pesticides would be weakened by policy proposed in a transatlantic trade agreement

Publication Date:

08/01/2015

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Pesticides, Pesticide Use, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU), Organic Foods, GMOs

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Lowest common denominator: EU-US trade deal threatens to lower standards of protection from toxic pesticides

A new analysis exposes how the American and European pesticide industry is using ongoing EU-US trade negotiations to lower human health and environmental standards in order to increase trade in toxic pesticides.

Publication Date:

07/01/2015

Author(s): Erica Smith, David Azoulay, Baskut Tuncak

Source: Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Tags:

Pesticides, Pesticide Residues, Pesticide Industry, Trade, Europe, European Union (EU), United States Of America (US), Health Effects, Pesticide Regulation, Honey Bees

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Pesticide on your plate

Vegetables are the noble folk of food world, loved equally by doctors and grandmothers. Vegetarians live off them and meat-eaters are told to live off them.

Publication Date:

05/01/2015

Author(s): Pritha Chatterjee, Aniruddha Ghosal

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Vegetables, Pesticides, Health Effects, UNEP, WHO, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Yamuna, River Pollution, Pesticides And Toxins

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Monitoring of pesticide residues at national level: annual progress report (April, 2013 - March, 2014)

The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture had started a central sector scheme, “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level” in food commodities and environmental samples during 2005-06 with the participation of various laboratories representing Ministry of Agriculture, Indian Council of Agriculture Research,

Publication Date:

01/01/2015

Source: Ministry of Agriculture

Tags:

Pesticide Residues, Vegetables, Food Crops, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Spices, Milk, Fish, CODEX, India, Surface Water

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Assessment of heavy metal contamination from municipal solid waste open dumping sites in Bangladesh

Co-disposal of the household orginated hazardous materials with municipal solid waste (MSW) into dumping sites is the usual practice in Bangladesh. In this paper, characterization of heavy metals in MSW in the open dumping sites in Bangladesh is presented.

Publication Date:

01/01/2015

Author(s): Md. Rezaul Karim, Megumi Kuraoka, Takaya Higuchi & et al

Source: Journal of Hydrology and Environment Research

Vol:

2

Issue:

1

pp:

41-49

Tags:

Municipal Solid Waste, Bangladesh, Heavy Metals, South Asia, Dhaka

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the Indian rule of mandatory spraying of planes with pesticides Phenothrin 2%, 18/12/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Jai Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 18/12/2014 regarding the Indian rule of mandatory spraying of planes with pesticides Phenothrin 2%.

Judgement Date:

18/12/2014

Tags:

Pesticide Use, Air Transport, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Health Effects, Mental Health, Toxins

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The Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules, 2014

The following draft rules further to amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968) is hereby published, as required by the said section, for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereb

Publication Date:

12/12/2014

Source: Ministry of Agriculture

Tags:

Insecticide, Insecticides Act 1968, Pesticides, India, Legislation

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