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An expert shows how the language of the ‘manosphere’ creates a culture of exclusion, denigration (of women and men), male power and entitlement.

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Eight terrifying things we found about pesticide regulation and use in India

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· Apr 28, 2018 · 06:30 am
Indian farmers spray a deadly cocktail of pesticides because government lacks staff to guide them

The government’s farm extension system is crumbling. Private companies have stepped into the vacuum but they have commercial interests in overselling pesticides

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· Apr 26, 2018 · 09:00 am

Lethal dose: Indian farmers are dying because the government is regulating pesticides poorly

India has approved around 280 pesticide molecules for use in its farms. At least 99 of those molecules are banned in other countries.

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· Apr 25, 2018 · 09:00 am
Ill-conceptualised health component could end up undermining new pollution index, experts warn

The Central Pollution Control Board wants to use data from local hospitals to ascertain pollution impact around industries.

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· Sep 06, 2016 · 02:30 pm
How painting hand pumps red could save thousands from poisoning in north Bihar

The state is refusing to notify West Champaran as arsenic-affected despite evidence of high levels of toxicity in the water.

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