A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directive on the government to pass the Formalin Control Bill 2013 with a provision of death penalty as the maximum punishment fo

Nine city kitchen markets will remain shut for 15 minutes from 12 noon today (Wednesday) for pressing home the demand for stopping the sale of formalin in open markets and immediate enactment of a

Department of Fisheries on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation and Rotary International to combat the use of harmful chemicals in fish marketing i

The endosulfan rehabilitation cell demanded that the report of the three-member endosulfan panel headed by justice C N Ramachandran Nair should be rejected and a separate tribunal should be set up

A dioxin testing laboratory, said to be the first in South Asia, was inaugurated at the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) on Thrusday.

Kochi: Thyroid cases in men and women are on the rise and the cause is not iodine deficiency but apparently environmental pesticides -- if a study on the subject is any indication to go by.

As Madhya Pradesh takes lead in the country in terms of agriculture growth rate at an impressive 14%, the state would do well to address the problem of fake pesticides, scientists, policy makers an

The Malabar Eco-cultural Association has demanded that the report submitted by the Commission headed by C. N.

A day after the Justice Ramachandran Nair Committee submitted its report on the endosulfan issue, outrage has erupted from various quarters in the state.

Govt Must Form A Team Of Docs To Advise Tribunal: Report

The state-appointed three-member expert committee on endosulfan issue has recommended constitution of a single-member tribunal and relief fund for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod.