-Business Standard After Maggi, the quality of vegetables, milk and milk products sold at various places might also be tested for adulteration. The Department of Consumer Affairs is planning to approach the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to run a pilot project in this regard, starting from Delhi. Officials said the pilot might start in the next few months to check these edible items for adulteration. The presence of...

-IANS The reverse-osmosis water purifier at home seems to be a benign invention, allowing people to drink clean, healthy water. But now scientists are warning that rampant use of the RO technology could pose a serious threat to public health. One of the most popular water purifying technologies in India, the RO process is efficient in terms of filtering out toxic substances like Arsenic and fluoride, especially in areas where groundwater is...

-India Today Already grappling with the Ganga cleaning project, the government seems to have a bigger problem at hand as the groundwater in more than half of the country's districts is contaminated with poisonous substances. The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has come up with a shocking assessment, according to which 276 districts have high levels of fluorides in their groundwater. At least 387 districts in 21 states, of the 676 districts...

-The Telegraph Jharkhand: Teeming Arsenic and fluoride devils will no longer hold a thirsty Jharkhand to ransom. The state drinking water and sanitation department has made its first move to set up plants that can purge the contaminants before groundwater reaches households in several affected districts, including Ranchi. Special apparatus will be launched in the capital district and Sahebganj, where areas like Pathalkudwa and Rajmahal have high Arsenic concentration in water - around...

-DNA 38 districts under Green Revolution II affected by slow poison Indian government's ambitious project Green Revolution-II (GR-II) to promote growing rice in the Eastern states of India is bringing Arsenic to your plates. As many as 38 districts spreading across six states out of the seven states where the scheme is being implemented are reported to be affected by Arsenic. These states are Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand...