New release: Highly Hazardous Pesticides and Weedicides in India

Informational resources on Highly Hazardous Pesticides and Weedicides in India. Assessment of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in India (includes Insecticides, Fungicides and Herbicides, and Plant Growth Regulators) are given in this page. Currently, booklets and technical reports are provided.

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Eliminate human and environmental hazards caused by pesticides through collective action.

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Stop Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) pose significant risk to human health and environmental wellbeing

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Children and Pesticides

Early-life exposure of children to pesticides damage their mental and physiological growth

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Ban Endosulfan, The killer

The deadly pesticide endosulfan has caused innumerable health hazards to communities

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State Of Chlorpyrifos, Fipronil, Atrazine And Paraquat Dichloride In India

This report reveals serious problems of pesticide usage in India and points to poor regulation of hazardous agrochemicals. The current use pattern is implicated in widespread unauthorised uses of chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine and paraquat in India, posing threat to food safety and environmental contamination

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Deemed To Be Registered Pesticides In India

A new report titled “Deemed to be Registered Pesticides in India”, was released in an international workshop on on “Legal Remedy for Pesticide Poisoning: Challenges in Regulation, Liability and Accountability” organised at Amolak Chand Law College, Yavatmal on 19th September. This report addresses lacunae in regulation and problems with the so called deemed to be to be registered pesticides in India.

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Glufosinate Ammonium- An Overview

The report presents information related to the regulation, use, toxicity, and adverse effects of the herbicide glufosinate ammonium on health and environment. Glufosinate is a broad-spectrum herbicide acknowledged to have adverse effects on nervous system, reproductive system, cardiovascular system, and on developing fetuses in animals. Glufosinate ammonium does not have known antidotes, making it difficult for saving lives of individuals who are poisoned. It is banned in 29 countries.

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Pesticide Policy and Regulation in India

Pesticide Management Bill 2020 is inadequate to protect human health

Why India Should Ban 27 Pesticides

Webinars 

Webinar on ‘Drone Based Pesticide Applications: Implications on Health and Regulation’
The Central Insecticide Board (CIB) has clarified in 2019 that spraying pesticides with drones is illegal in India. Recently the Plant Protection Division of Department Of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare has issued standard Operating Procedure and approved a list of pesticide formulations for drone spraying. However, the relevant legislation on aerial spraying is lacking in India. Application of chemical pesticides being the predominant mode of pest control in India, use of drones for pesticide application, would end up in dangerous situation, which the agricultural department or farmers or general population would not have any control. Exposure to people and public health as well as environmental contamination is major concerns as aerial spraying of pesticides is point source pollution. In this light, Pesticide Action Network India is organising this webinar on 7thJuly 2022 from 4 pm to 6 pm.
PAN Asia Pacific, together with the Maharashtra Association of Pesticide Poisoned Persons (MAPPP), Pesticide Action Network (PAN) India, Public Eye and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) invite you to a webinar that sheds light on the quest for justice of a group of Indian farmers who were poisoned by a pesticide marketed by Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta.     In this webinar, participants will learn more about this emblematic case of pesticide poisoning, the quest for justice and accountability of a group of Indian farmers and the way forward for regulating pesticides use both India and Europe.
Date: Thursday 24 June 2021
Time: 11am CET/ 2.30pm India Standard Time

Online Informational Resources

Know what’s in your food

PAN Pesticide Database

Non Chemical Pest Management