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Pesticides Management Bill gets Cabinet nod
"As far as farmers are concerned because that is our primary concern, Pesticides Management Bill, …
PTI
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Pesticides Management Bill gets Cabinet nod, to be tabled in Parliament
"As far as farmers are concerned because that is our primary concern, Pesticides Management Bill wi…
PTI
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Shares of UPL, India’s largest pesticide company, plunge by 13% after whistleblower alleges promoter fraud
The UPL share price plunged by over 13% on Thursday, December 10, after a whistleblower alleged tha…
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Chrissy Teigen says her swollen lips are due to 'a pesticide or something' on the skin of an orange she bit, not overnight lip fillers
In a series of Instagram Story videos, Teigen shared that she had an allergic reaction that caused …
Rachel Askinasi
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Bucking the slowdown — Dominos operator Jubilant, Fevicol maker Pidilite, and pesticide maker Rallis
Pizzas, pesticides, and plasters seem to be fighting India’s economic slowdown rather well. Sha…
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Pesticides disrupt our hormones for generations - even women whose grandmothers were exposed to the chemical have higher risks of obesity and breast cancer, scientists say
DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, was banned decades ago, but humans still experience health…
Julia Naftulin
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UPL gets green nod for Rs 353-cr pesticide unit expansion project in Gujarat
New Delhi, Dec 15 () Agrochemical firm UPL has received the environment clearance from the governme…
PTI
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India’s impending public health crisis, suicide
Every 4 in 10 people who commit suicide around the world are from India. And, between the ages o…
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Kenya is being menaced by swarms of billions of locusts, and only has 5 small planes spraying pesticide to fight back
The heavy rain, which is increasing fresh vegetation is also creating the perfect environment for t…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The US just banned 12 pesticides that are like nicotine for bees. Here's how dangerous they are.
The other EPA-banned pesticides (two from Bayer and four from Valent) contain clothianidin, a neoni…
Aria Bendix
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These are the 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides - but that's not the whole story
In the 2011 study, the food scientists found that the levels of pesticides people may get exposed t…
Hilary Brueck
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Kale is now one of the most pesticide-contaminated vegetables, and the dangers go beyond eating salad
When it comes to kale, the EWG found that 60% of the samples tested positive for an herbicide calle…
Aria Bendix
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Tomatoes and onions are burning a hole in your pocket. Here’s why
So is the case with onions. Having touched Rs 30 a kilo at wholesale markets, you can expect to…
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Here's how to actually remove pesticides from your fruit - including the organic ones
The researchers did this to apples they treated with 2 pesticides: thiabendazole and phosmet. After…
Nathaniel Lee
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Marijuana can be covered in pesticides, fungi, and mold - even if it's legal
In order to decide which strains to buy, he asked cashiers, called "budtenders," for their recommen…
Melia Robinson
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The shocking tale of India's 'Cancer Train'
On an average, this train is the lifeline of 100 cancer patients daily, along with 200 other co-tra…
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Why you shouldn't freak out about pesticides, according to a toxicologist
Every year, an organization called the Environmental Working Group (EWG) tries to help answer this …
Erin Brodwin
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Quaker Oats is being sued because it has trace amounts of a pesticide
Quaker Oats did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment. In a stateme…
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No, a Monsanto-linked pesticide is not to blame for more microcephaly birth defects
Andrew Batholomaeus, a consultant toxicologist at Australia's University of Canberra and the Univer…