India accused for exporting banned pesticides

  • 01/07/1998

Greenpeace International has accused India of manufacturing and exporting potentially harmful and toxic pesticides to developed countries who have already banned these chemicals.According to Greenpeace International, the non-governmental international environmental organisation, India has exported nearly 0.5 million kilograms of highly poisonous pesticides such as DDT, BHC, Aldrin and Lindane to several coutnrues, including the United States, Australia, European countries and Brazil.