In 1980, two children and 29 crew members aboard a grain freighter became ill. They had been exposed to phosphine—a chemical used in fumigation to kill pests in and on grain—for four days.

In this opinion piece, Shikhadri Mahanta says there is a better way to protect wheat from post-harvest losses due to ...

ISLAMABAD: The government is immediately halting the use of methyl bromide for the fumigation of rice consignments in ...

The policy decision is expected to directly benefit Pakistani rice exporters as fumigation costs will be eliminated, which will lower the export price of the grain, making the product more ...