HEALTH

A newspaper clipping is being shared recently on WhatsApp claiming that several countries have banned vegetables from India due to pesticides. The context is that the Supreme Court on May 17, 2024 sought responses from ministries of health, agriculture, and the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on a PIL that alleged that the government has to stop overuse ...

A social media post is being shared with a claim that the World Health Organisation (W) has issued an advisory to the Government of India stating that 87% of the population in India will suffer from cancer by 2025 due to adulterated milk. The message is being circulated in several languages including Hindi, Kannada and Telugu. All the translated versions read ...