What Is Paraquat, Used By A 24-Year-Old Woman In Kerala To Poison Her Boyfriend? Explained
Paraquat dichloride, or paraquat, is a highly toxic liquid, which is mostly used by commercial farmers to kill weeds or dry ...
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Officials warn common herbicide used in the US is 'too dangerous' — but it's still legal to spray here
These worrying findings highlight the immediate need to ban the herbicide. Officials warn common herbicide used in the US is ...
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What is paraquat poisoning, by which Greeshma killed her boyfriend Sharon Raj?
SHARON RAJ MURDER CASE: A 24-year old woman was awarded the death sentence by a Thiruvananthapuram court which found her guilty of poisoning her boyfriend in 2022 with a chemical herbicide called ...
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RG Kar and Sharon Raj verdicts are saying something about who we are. And it’s not good
The parallel narratives—one of institutional violence, another of intimate violence—force us to confront uncomfortable ...
Nature4d
James Fraser Stoddart obituary: chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines
An early love of construction toys led the Scottish chemist to thread molecules together, opening up a new field of chemistry ...
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Two murder verdicts challenge India’s death penalty standards
Trial courts in two high-profile cases, the R.G. Kar rape and murder in Kolkata and the Sharon Raj murder in Kerala, have ...
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Sleep Disorders in Farmers and Farmworkers Linked to Pesticide Exposure in Study Supporting Similar Findings
A multitude of studies find a higher risk of sleep disorders in farmers and farmworkers exposed to pesticides.