Food safety and toxins

Work Overview

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The mission of the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) is to catalyze communities and NGOs to fight polluters across the country by supporting them with scientific proof and documentation of pollution and its health impacts.

It is an independent analytical, research and development laboratory that determines pesticide residues, conducts water quality analysis and ambient air monitoring.

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Updates

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New lab study on food by CSE exposes efforts to sabotage public health
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National Conclave on Food: What’s on our plate?
Food and Toxins

Antibiotic misuse in poultry farms leading to multi-drug resistant bacteria
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Genetically Modified Processed Food in India
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EML Laboratory Portal

Environment Monitoring Laboratory

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Food and Toxins

Bhopal: Way Ahead

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DURING 1969-84, Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) mainly produced three pesticides namely sevin (carbaryl), temik (aldicarb) and sevidol, which is a formulation of carbaryl and gammahexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH).

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Press Releases

In a nation where one in every four Indians is overweight or obese, we have a right to know which food is bad, and how much of it is bad: CSE

FSSAI has not taken strong, decisive and public action on honey adulteration, says CSE

We must be able to trace the food we eat back to its source. Traceability of food is vital to check adulteration and contamination and build consumer confidence: CSE

Presentations

Antibiotic Use and Waste Management in West Bengal Aquaculture By: Amit Khurana

Controlling Antibiotic Residues in Fish & Fishery Products By: MPEDA

Monitoring of Antibiotic Residues and Resistant Bacteria in waste Generated from Aquaculture By: MANAS KUMAR SINHA

Fact Sheets

Bhopal factsheets

National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance: Need for Greater Focus on Environmental Spread

Safety Regulations

Publications
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Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases

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Junk Food Busted

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Reports
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State of Organic and Natural Farming in India: Challenges and Possibilities

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Genetically Modified Processed Foods in India

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Burden of Packaged Food on School Children

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Report on Food Labelling, Claims and Advertisements

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Multimedia

video Food safety: Dangerously high levels of salt and fat in Indian junk food

A study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found dangerously high levels of salt and fat in Indian junk food. 

video How we tested the GM ingredients in packaged foods

Rajarshi Banerjee, laboratory head Centre for Science and Environment details the method GMOs in packaged foods.

video Findings of the study conducted by CSE on GM ingredients in foods

Amit Khurana, Programme Director Programme Director Food Safety & Toxins, Centre for Science and Environment, talks about the findings of the study on GM ingredients in foods.

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Down To Earth
DTE English

FURY IN THE FLOW

We should not disturb the fragile Himalayas anymore

संकट भी

समाधान भी

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Gobar Times

TOILET
A clean toilet is still a distant dream for kids

Impacts

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Food and Toxins

Working on AMR in Zambia

Given the complete curb on international travel and the attention of partner agencies in Zambia on the Covid-19 situation

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CSE In News


Air pollution shot up in some northern towns last year despite lockdown

Air quality worse in smaller towns in Indo-Gangetic Plains compared to bigger cities: CSE's

Air pollution 2020 report: Big cities fare better, small towns toxic