• Food and Toxins

Bread study aftermath: CSE welcomes FSSAI action

CSE welcomes announcement made by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to ban use of potassium bromate in bread

• Food and Toxins

What's in our bread?

CSE’s new study points to presence of possible cancer-causing chemical in bread 

• Media Updates

Drought is human-made, says New Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment

It is not about the lack of water or monsoons, but about a lack of planning, policies and foresight

• Air Pollution

Delhi drops out of the dubious list of 10 most polluted cities of the world

New Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database (update 2016) of the WHO released today shows Delhi has arrested and improved air quality since the last database published in 2014 – a drop of 20 per cent

• Air Pollution

Half-baked and unlikely to succeed - says CSE, of the UP pollution control board's initiative to curb air pollution from brick kilns

Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has directed the brick kiln industry to change technology from natural draft to induced draft within 90 days. 

• Air Pollution

Auto industry misleading us, says CSE; vehicles remain a major source of air pollution

CSE challenges the misleading number game of the industry to underplay vehicular pollution

• Air Pollution

Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE

Takes on motivated and half-baked science

• Media Updates

Drought is human-made, says Sunita Narain

The problem is not about lack of rainfall, but about lack of planning and foresight, and criminal neglect P Sainath and Yogendra Yadav join Narain at a national meet on drought to give a call for action

• Food and Toxins

CSE supports global move to urge Coke and PepsiCo to curb marketing of sugared drinks to kids

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), along with other organisations from across the world, urges Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to stop marketing sugared drinks to children 

• Media Updates

CSE celebrates Earth Day with a call to support environmentalism of the poor, and not of the rich

Sunita Narain’s inclusion in the TIME magazine list of 100 most influential people reinforces what CSE advocates 

• Air Pollution

Odd-even rule is an emergency measure. Treat it as such - CSE tells Delhi CM

Arvind Kejriwal and Sunita Narain discuss issues relevant to Delhi and its air pollution at a public meeting organised by CSE

• Food and Toxins

On World Health Day, CSE calls for government policies to control consumption of unhealthy junk foods

Says the move would significantly help in limiting diabetes

• Water Management

On India Water Week, CSE talks of shit

How do cities dispose of excreta? What is the most sustainable way to do it? CSE-organised workshop attempts to look for answers

• Food and Toxins

CSE believes that FSSAI's move to shut down two of its regional offices will give a wrong signal and impact food safety regulation in the country

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has closed down its regional offices in Lucknow and Chandigarh

• Media Updates

CSE welcomes new rules on bio-medical waste management, recommends stringent monitoring to ensure compliance

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) welcomes new notification of Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, by environment ministry. 

• Media Updates

CSE welcomes MoEFCC notification on use of construction and demolition waste; Would like to see a clear mechanism for stringent implementation of Rules

CSE welcomes first-ever notification of the construction and demolition waste management rules, 2016, by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change