Two chemicals considered harmful to babies remain in Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo sold in the US and some other countries, even though the company already makes versions without them, according to an international coalition of health and environmental groups.

Now the coalition is urging consumers to boycott Johnson & Johnson baby products until the firm agrees to remove the chemicals from its baby products sold around the world.

Around 51 agricultural foods are contaminated with pesticide residues and of these, 20 per cent has pesticide residues more than the maximum residue limit in India.

India produces 85,000 tonnes of pesticides every year.

The pesticide endosulfan was recently banned by the government, but many other chemical pesticides continue to be used for a better, higher and quicker yield, as they prevent

As per study conducted by National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), the State has been made to bear total environment cost due to mining to the tune of Rs 548.4 crore.
This was revealed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in his written reply to an unstarred question tabled by Sanguem MLA Vasudev Gaonkar.

He had sought to know whether the government had calculated environment cost o

BHUBANESWAR: The tiger prawns, crabs and fishes of Chilika are not just delicious but among the safest in India sans toxicity, a monitoring study by Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI) has revealed.

Since fish is at the top of the food chain, they are prone to bio-accumulation and toxic substances like heavy metals, pesticides and insecticide residues are found.

However, a

Herbal is actual ly chemical, baked is fake and organic is certainly not organic. On the eve of Holi, a sample survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has shown that most of the colours being sold as herbal colours actually contain harmful chemical sub stances including benzene, nickel, auramine and lead chromium.

Just A Few Cigarette Puffs Lead To Formation Of Cancer-Causing