In a first, government notified standards for incense sticks (agarbatti) and has laid down quality norms or Indian Standards, ...

The standard was unveiled on the occasion of National Consumer Day 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, marking a significant ...

Many of the substances mentioned have already been classified as hazardous and are subject to stringent control and ...

Under the new norm, BIS has prohibited the use of several insecticidal chemicals and synthetic fragrance intermediates in ...

India, the world's largest agarbatti producer, has introduced a new quality standard, IS 19412:2025, to ensure consumer ...

Pralhad Joshi released IS 19412:2025, a BIS standard for incense sticks, banning harmful chemicals and ensuring consumer ...

PENANG, Malaysia – A fact-finding mission (FFM) into the widely reported mass pesticide poisoning at a rural Philippine high school has identified major systemic failures that allowed the tragedy to ...

The Cuban regime discreetly included supplies to combat the chikungunya and dengue outbreak within an international request ...

ILOILO CITY, Philippines – A toxicology report has confirmed that a pesticide commonly used in rice farming caused the foul odor and made more than 250 students fall ill in Sibalom, Antique, on July 2 ...

ILOILO CITY – An initial Department of Health (DOH) toxicology report found out that a type of pesticide known as cypermethrin caused the massive fainting of around 300 students in Antique province ...

An initial DOH toxicology report identified cypermethrin, a pesticide, as the cause of the mass fainting of around 300 students in Antique province last July 2 Sibalom Mayor Gian Carlo Occeña stated ...