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Greenpeace calls on the industry to save Indian tea from pesticides

Press release | August 11, 2014 at 21:39

August 11th, 2014, Mumbai: Greenpeace India called on the tea industry to save Indian tea from pesticides while launching their report, Trouble Brewing [1], today. The study exposes the presence of pesticides, considered highly and moderately...

Greenpeace stands vindicated as tea industry leaders tread Non-Pesticide Management...

Press release | September 29, 2014 at 12:19

New Delhi, September 27, 2014: Greenpeace India welcomed the announcement made by Tata Global Beverages Ltd (TGBL) [1], which highlights its vision to promote ecological agriculture and Non Pesticide Management (NPM) in tea cultivation, under the...

Great victory requires great risk

Feature story | August 15, 2014 at 14:04

After spending 50 hours on a billboard, 80 feet above the ground, located on Bandra Reclamation Road, Mumbai, seven Greenpeace activists finally climbed down from the billboards a few moments after they were informed that two of the leading tea...

Tea Board’s Plant Protection Code is inadequate: Greenpeace India

Press release | September 3, 2014 at 15:48

Sept 3, 2014, New Delhi/Kolkata: While acknowledging the initiatives taken by the Tea Board of India to handle the pesticide menace in tea cultivation, Greenpeace India, today termed the Plant Protection Code (PPC) as inadequate. The PPC is based...

Wagh Bakri commits to steps towards elimination of pesticides from tea cultivation

Press release | September 25, 2014 at 17:56

25th September, New Delhi/Ahmedabad: In an encouraging turn of events, Wagh Bakri, the third largest packaged tea company in India has committed to support elimination of pesticides in tea cultivation, after continuous engagement with Greenpeace [1].

Arrested Development - The Impacts of Pesticides on Children's Mental Health and...

Publication | December 1, 2003 at 5:30

A Greenpeace Study Conducted in 6 states of India in Collaboration with Dharamitra, ICRA, SEWA, Janachetana, SIRPI, Kheti Virasat, SYO and YMC

The Sweet Taste Of Victory

Feature story | September 29, 2014 at 19:32

Less than two months ago, Greenpeace India launched a report titled, Trouble Brewing, highlighting the presence of a cocktail of pesticide residues in tea. The day the report launched, seven Greenpeace activists climbed the billboards on Bandra...

Greenpeace condoles Bihar mid-day meal tragedy

Press release | July 18, 2013 at 15:07

New Delhi, July 18, 2013: Greenpeace expressed deep shock and grief about the tragic incident of food poisoning at Dharmasati Primary School, Chhapra District, Bihar, in which 25 children lost their lives and offered condolences to the bereaved...

Busting The “Pesticides Are A Necessary Evil” Myth

Blog entry by Shivani Shah | April 8, 2017

The UN Calls The Bluff on Pesticides’ Industry I am relieved and yet I find myself furious...ly typing away as I repeat what ecologists and sustainable agriculture experts have been trying to say for a very very long time. And what...

Behind the scenes: Occupy billboard

Blog entry by Shiwang Singh | August 13, 2014

Its 3 am in the morning. As our car passes through the famous sea link I can see the 7 billboards that are to be occupied. They are tall imposing structures of 80 feet each. Our mission is quite simple: Set the place up for the...

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