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Pesticide industry body loses defamation case against CSE, twice

The Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), a pesticide industry body, has twice lost the defamation case it filed against Centre for Science and Environment. CCFI had been pursuing the case against a study done by CSE highlighting the endosulfan poisoning of residents of Padre village in Kasaragod district, Kerala.
 

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03/09/2010
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We have no clue how to get rid of oily waste

Paul Fernandes & Arvind Tengse | TNN Margao/Panaji: The deposition of tar balls on some stretches of south Goa’s beaches is turning into a complicated problem with the authorities struggling to find a way to dispose of the pollutants. Several truckloads of the sticky material are lying on the state’s worst affected beaches in Colva, Velsao and some other stretches.

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03/09/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Tar balls harden, take toll on marine life off Goa

Margao/Panaji: While the clean-up along some of the worst tar-sullied beaches began, the sticky substance that has washed up ashore hardened into lumps on Thursday.

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03/09/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Legal loopholes barrier to curbing maritime pollution

Under Environment Protection Act, Penalty Can Only Go Up To 1 Lakh New Delhi: The tar balls floating up to Goa beaches and blighting the picture-perfect tourism hotspot have again brought to the fore how weak the environment and liability laws are in India when it comes to checking maritime pollution. The recent collision of two cargo ships off the Mumbai coast, and the consequent oil sp

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03/09/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Toying with high toxic metal with ease

KOLKATA, 1 SEPT: At a time when the state pollution control board has taken up a drive to phase out lead, a toxic-metal, innumerable lead-battery units in the city not only continue to cough out lead aerosols dust, but also ignore the safety of labourers working in these units. There are about 100 small or medium lead battery units operating on the stretch of APC Road from Manicktala Crossing t

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02/09/2010
Statesman (Kolkata)
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Endosulfan poisoning in Padre village: industry's dirty tactics

Pesticide industry body loses defamation case against CSE, twice. The Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), a pesticide industry body, has twice lost the defamation case it filed against Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. CCFI had been pursuing the case against a study done by CSE highlighting the endosulfan poisoning of residents of Padre village in Kasaragod district, Kerala.

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Sep 2010
Centre for Science and Environment
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Basmati exporters urge Centre to hold talks with EU over pesticide norms

Sandip Das New Delhi: With aromatic basmati rice from India kept out of the supermarkets in Germany for the last few months, following reports of the presence of high levels of pesticide residue, exporters are urging the government to hold discussion with the European Union for bringing in uniformity in the norms concerning the minimum residue limit (MRL). “EU approval process for the presen

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30/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Oil slick: Missing 100 containers could damage vessels

Over a hundred containers that had fallen off merchant vessel MSC Chitra, following its collision with MV Khalijia over a week ago, are yet to be recovered.

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18/08/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Exporters want less pesticide in basmati

Sandip Das

New Delhi: With Europe and Gulf countries, putting in place stringent safety norms for ensuring that pesticide residue in agricultural crops remain below prescribed limits, basmati (aromatic rice) exporters from India have urged the Union agriculture ministry to ensure that farmers use less pesticide.

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12/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Tea insecticide kills 3 kids

Siliguri, Aug. 11: Residues of an insecticide used in Naxalbari Tea Estate were found in the stomachs of three garden children who had died yesterday.

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12/08/2010
Telegraph (Kolkata)

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