The world’s most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, according to a comprehensive scientific assessme

Neonicotinoid pesticides are causing significant damage to a wide range of beneficial species and are a key factor in the decline of bees, say scientists.

Pregnant women who lived in close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were applied experienced a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder or oth

Pregnant women who live near fields sprayed with pesticides can run more than three times the risk of having a child with autism, a study has found.

On November 4 last year, the cabinet approved the draft law, in principle, which suggested 10 years of jail as the highest punishment

In protest against the government failure to honour the assurances it had given to the endosulfan victims, the public forum for endosulfan-affected would launch an indefinite hunger strike in front

KATHMANDU, JUN 19 - Amid concerns over health hazards of pesticides, the government has set up a lab to test the level of chemical inputs in vegetables sold in the Kathmandu valley.

Endosulfan victims will launch an indefinite fast in front of the Secretariat on June 23 to protest against the government’s failure to keep the promises given to them.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the Assembly that all deserving will be included in the list of endosulfan victims, in the wake of reports that all victims have not been fully included in the li