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Report of the expert committee to frame a policy for monitoring of pesticide residues in fruits & vegetables

This is the report of the expert committee set up by agriculture ministry as per order of Delhi High Court to frame a policy for Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Fruits & Vegetables.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2014
Sandhya Kulshrestha
Ministry of Agriculture
Tags:
Pesticide Residues, Pesticides, Vegetables, Delhi, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, CODEX, Maximum Residue Level (MRL)
Pesticides And Toxins

Traces of pesticide in fruits, veggies

Study Finds Residue In 96 Of 345 Samples Tested | Produce Collected From Vendors, Markets

The advice to ‘watch what you eat’ may no longer apply only to the calorie conscious, with a recent study finding copious quantities of pesticide residue in fruits and vegetables. Of the 345 samples they tested, researchers found pesticide residue in 96 samples.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2014
Neha Madaan
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Pune (T), Pesticides, Pesticide Residues, Vegetables, Chlordane, Health Effects, CSE, Cancer, Pesticides And Toxins
Pesticides And Toxins

Widespread use and frequent detection of neonicotinoid insecticides in wetlands of Canada's prairie pothole region

Neonicotinoids currently dominate the insecticide market as seed treatments on Canada’s major Prairie crops (e.g., canola). The potential impact to ecologically significant wetlands in this dominantly agro-environment has largely been overlooked while the distribution of use, incidence and level of contamination remains unreported.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2014
Anson R. Main, John V. Headley, Kerry M. Peru & et al
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Insecticide, Pesticide Use, Agriculture, Canada, Wetlands, Water Pollution
Pesticides And Toxins

Handling of thermal receipts as a source of exposure to Bisphenol A

Human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been associated with adverse health outcomes, including reproductive function in adults1 and neurodevelopment in children exposed perinatally.2 Exposure to BPA is primarily through dietary ingestion, including consumption of canned foods.3 A less-studied source of exposure is thermal receipt paper,4 handled daily by many people at supermarkets, ATM machines, gas stations, and other settings. We hypothesized that handling of thermal receipts significantly increases BPA exposure, but use of gloves during handling minimizes exposure.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2014
Shelley Ehrlich, Antonia M. Calafat, Olivier Humblet & et al
JAMA
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins, Health Effects, Maternal Health, United States Of America (US)
Pesticides And Toxins

Punjab pesticide ‘poisoning’ victims await justice

There are many farm labourers who relatives have died while working in field, many of them while spraying pesticides
Such workers joined the agitation being staged by family members of farmers who committed suicide due to debt
Though the government agreed to release compensation in cases of suicide; families of farm labourers who lost their lives while working in the fields didn’t get anything

Publication Date: 
19/02/2014
Jupinderjit Singh
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Pesticides, Health Effects, Compensation, Agriculture, Farmers, Pesticides And Toxins
Pesticides And Toxins

Stringent checks for pesticides in fruits and vegetables - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 18/02/2014

Statement of the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in response to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2567 for 18th February, 2014, asked by Shri Baishnab Parida regarding Stringent checks for pesticides in fruits and vegetables.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Pesticide Residues, Food Contamination, Vegetables, Parliament, India
Environment

Blind fertiliser use killing our grasslands: Study

Surprised at the disappearing grasslands across the world? The blind use of fertiliser is the culprit that may have destabilised grasslands at 41 locations on five continents.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2014
Zee News
Tags:
Grasslands, Chemical Fertilisers, Fossil Fuels, Environment, Pesticides And Toxins, Carbon Sequestration, China, United States Of America (US)
Pesticides And Toxins

Hazardous chemicals in branded luxury textile products on sale during 2013

Greenpeace has recently published a number of investigations showing that a wide range of textile products, manufactured and sold in many countries around the world, can contain residues of hazardous substances, including hormone-disrupting alkylphenols and their ethoxylates, reprotoxic phthalates, highly persistent per- and polyfluorinated chem

Publication Date: 
17/02/2014
Kevin Brigden, Samantha Hetherington, Mengjiao Wang & et al
Greenpeace International
Tags:
Textile Industry, Toxins, Toxicity Studies
Pesticides And Toxins

A little story about a fashionable lie

Greenpeace International has found a broad range of hazardous chemicals in children's clothing and footwear produced by eight luxury fashion brands. Read the report on this investigative study.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2014
Greenpeace International
Tags:
Textile Industry, Toxins, Pollution, Water Pollution, Toxicity Studies, Child Health, Health Effects, Italy, China, Morocco, Turkey, India, Thailand, Hungary, Industrial Waste Treatment
Pesticides And Toxins

High Court attention drawn to pesticides in fruits, veggies

The Delhi High Court was on Wednesday told that the Centre and the city government have failed to address the issue of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables.

Publication Date: 
06/02/2014
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Pesticides, Vegetables, High Court, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins

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