As part of the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) study, XAD-resin based passive samplers are being deployed for consecutive one-year periods at numerous sites on all seven continents to determine annually averaged concentrations of persistent organic pollutants.

March 10: Pesticides prohibited by the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee are widely used by farmers in the state.
Alarmingly enough, officials who are supposed to prevent their use are actually recommending them to farmers.
The CIB&RC has issued a list of pesticides which are banned including chlordane and ethyl parathion.

Pesticides that have for decades been out of use are now being detected in fresh products