Pesticide residues dominate the latest batch of changes made by the European Commission to the level of inspections on imported products. The revised legislation sets the rate of official controls ...

Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, 377 tons of hazardous waste has been shifted from the defunct Union Carbide factory for its disposal at a unit in Dhar district, officials said on ...

Orgain, a nutritional supplement company, is recalling some of its chocolate protein powder due to the potential presence of “undeclared peanut residue,” according to a report released by the ...

Researchers at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, developed a portable device for rapid on-site detection of pesticide residues on produce and in water. Using just 5ml of washing water, the device detects ...

Imported cereals, fruit and vegetables have been found to carry residues from 48 pesticides which British farmers are banned from using. New government testing has also found twice as many cancer ...