March 10: Pesticides prohibited by the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee are widely used by farmers in the state. Alarmingly enough, officials who are supposed to prevent their use are actually recommending them to farmers. The CIB&RC has issued a list of pesticides which are banned including chlordane and ethyl parathion. It has also restricted the use of pesticides such as dosulfan and monocro-tophos. But monocrotophos is used to control pests in tomato fields in various mandals in Andhra Pradesh