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It's The Season Of Strawberries And Grapes, But Wait! Do This Before Eating Them
While strawberries and grapes add a burst of flavour to our lives, ensuring their cleanliness is paramount.
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Indian Firm Seeks To Flush Toxic Pesticides Into South Africa Sea: Report
Indian agrochemicals manufacturer UPL Ltd has applied for permission to flush water contaminated by a toxic pesticides spill in South Africa's city of Durban directly into the sea or the sewerage system, the company said on Saturday.
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IIT Madras Researchers Find Pharmaceutical Contaminants In River Cauvery
The researchers of the IIT Madras have found that the waters of river Cauvery are polluted by a range emerging contaminants that include pharmaceutically-active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, and pesticides, among many others.
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Chemicals Found In Consumer Products Could Increase Breast Cancer Risk: Study
According to the findings of a new study, several common chemicals, including pesticides, ingredients in consumer products, food additives, and drinking water contaminants, could increase the risk of breast cancer.
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Watch: How To Remove Pesticide Residue From Vegetables And Fruits
Although most contaminants are washed away simply with cold water, there are some more ways to ensure that fruits and vegetables do not have pesticide residue.
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"Not Venomous": Man Saves Injured Snake After It Enters School In Indore
Income-Tax officer Sher Singh on Saturday rescued a snake from the premises of a school in Indore. The workers of the school had beaten it and had poured pesticide on the reptile.
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Should You Soak Fruits In Water? Here's The Answer
While it is a common tendency to wash any fruit under a briskly running stream of water, there are some people who like to soak them in water for a while. Know why
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Pesticides In Food: Is There Poison On Your Plate? Tips To Minimize The Damage
Celebrity nutritionist Nmami Agarwal reveals all about the harmful effects of pesticides on our health.
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6 Simple Tricks To Remove Pesticides From Your Food
If you thought that washing with water is enough, here's an eye-opener!
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32 Years After Bhopal Tragedy, Indian Rapper Targets Chemical Giant Dow
A rapper is targeting Dow Chemical with rhymes - demanding the US company pay more in victims' compensation and environmental damages stemming from a horrific chemical gas leak that killed thousands of people and sickened countless others.
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Need to Purify Indira Gandhi Canal Water From Pesticides: Congress Leader Sachin Pilot
Expressing serious concern over pollution in Indira Gandhi Canal in Rajasthan, the State Pradesh Congress Committee President Sachin Pilot today said the canal water needs purification so that it can be used for human consumption too besides irrigation.
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150 Hospitalised After Drinking Pesticide Mixed Water in Tamil Nadu
About 150 persons, including some children from three villages in the district were today hospitalised after drinking water laced with pesticide granules from an overhead tank in Pudukottai, police said.
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This vegetable farm uses seawater and almost no pesticides
Ever heard of a farm that uses seawater and almost no pesticides to grow vegetables? That is an initiative being taken in Australia to minimise the use of water and energy in a way that can lower costs to a great extent.At the Spencer Gulf, near Port...
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Toxic pesticides in soft drinks
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) announced that 12 soft drink brands collected for testing from in and around Delhi contained residues of four extremely toxic pesticides and insecticides - lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos.
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It's The Season Of Strawberries And Grapes, But Wait! Do This Before Eating Them
While strawberries and grapes add a burst of flavour to our lives, ensuring their cleanliness is paramount.
-
Indian Firm Seeks To Flush Toxic Pesticides Into South Africa Sea: Report
Indian agrochemicals manufacturer UPL Ltd has applied for permission to flush water contaminated by a toxic pesticides spill in South Africa's city of Durban directly into the sea or the sewerage system, the company said on Saturday.
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IIT Madras Researchers Find Pharmaceutical Contaminants In River Cauvery
The researchers of the IIT Madras have found that the waters of river Cauvery are polluted by a range emerging contaminants that include pharmaceutically-active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, and pesticides, among many others.
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Chemicals Found In Consumer Products Could Increase Breast Cancer Risk: Study
According to the findings of a new study, several common chemicals, including pesticides, ingredients in consumer products, food additives, and drinking water contaminants, could increase the risk of breast cancer.
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Watch: How To Remove Pesticide Residue From Vegetables And Fruits
Although most contaminants are washed away simply with cold water, there are some more ways to ensure that fruits and vegetables do not have pesticide residue.
-
"Not Venomous": Man Saves Injured Snake After It Enters School In Indore
Income-Tax officer Sher Singh on Saturday rescued a snake from the premises of a school in Indore. The workers of the school had beaten it and had poured pesticide on the reptile.
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Should You Soak Fruits In Water? Here's The Answer
While it is a common tendency to wash any fruit under a briskly running stream of water, there are some people who like to soak them in water for a while. Know why
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Pesticides In Food: Is There Poison On Your Plate? Tips To Minimize The Damage
Celebrity nutritionist Nmami Agarwal reveals all about the harmful effects of pesticides on our health.
-
6 Simple Tricks To Remove Pesticides From Your Food
If you thought that washing with water is enough, here's an eye-opener!
-
32 Years After Bhopal Tragedy, Indian Rapper Targets Chemical Giant Dow
A rapper is targeting Dow Chemical with rhymes - demanding the US company pay more in victims' compensation and environmental damages stemming from a horrific chemical gas leak that killed thousands of people and sickened countless others.
-
Need to Purify Indira Gandhi Canal Water From Pesticides: Congress Leader Sachin Pilot
Expressing serious concern over pollution in Indira Gandhi Canal in Rajasthan, the State Pradesh Congress Committee President Sachin Pilot today said the canal water needs purification so that it can be used for human consumption too besides irrigation.
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150 Hospitalised After Drinking Pesticide Mixed Water in Tamil Nadu
About 150 persons, including some children from three villages in the district were today hospitalised after drinking water laced with pesticide granules from an overhead tank in Pudukottai, police said.
-
This vegetable farm uses seawater and almost no pesticides
Ever heard of a farm that uses seawater and almost no pesticides to grow vegetables? That is an initiative being taken in Australia to minimise the use of water and energy in a way that can lower costs to a great extent.At the Spencer Gulf, near Port...
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Toxic pesticides in soft drinks
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) announced that 12 soft drink brands collected for testing from in and around Delhi contained residues of four extremely toxic pesticides and insecticides - lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos.
