Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022. The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod. The counsel representing the victims of Endosulfan (petitioners) submit that there …
CSE welcomes the shift in Indian government's position on on endosulfan at the Stockholm Convention and wants government to expedite the phase out as its health hazards are now known & accepted.
The outcome of Stockholm Convention to ban endosulfan capping a long-drawn campaign against the pesticide on health grounds may have brought cheers to the opponents but the domestic industry is crying foul suspecting an European link aiming to capture the Indian market. India and a few other developing countries extracted …
If endosulfan is evil, why does the Indian farmer use it? Surely, there is a farmer's point of view. The first reports linking endosulfan to health problems and birth defects in Kasaragod, Kerala were published in February 2001 in Down to Earth. The Supreme Court has now banned the use …
Exemption for its application against 44 pests in 22 crops The Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention in Geneva on Friday approved the recommendation for elimination of production and use of endosulfan and its isomers worldwide, subject to certain exemptions. The decision will not be binding on India unless …
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala to press for a total ban on production, sale and use of Endosulfan in the country was total and peaceful. The hartal hit normal life across the State with vehicles, barring two-wheelers and a few four-wheelers, staying …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) welcomes the shift in Indian government's position on on endosulfan at the Stockholm Convention and wants government to expedite the phase out as its health hazards are now known and accepted. See Also Document: Contact Group on new POPs SC-5 : Listing of endosulfan …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A rapid assessment of the effects of Endosulfan on cashew plantations, ecology, biodiversity and the people in Kasaragod, conducted by V.S. Vijayan of Salim Ali Foundation, has surmised that the human sufferings and loss of biodiversity caused by the aerial spraying of Endosulfan by the State-owned Plantation Corporation of …
While it is still not ready to ban it in the immediate future, India has decided to agree to a global phase-out of the controversial chemical endosulfan, a common pesticide, over the next 11 years. The decision to phase out endosulfan is being discussed at the fifth Conference of Parties …
Geneva meet allows India to continue use for 11 years; setback for Left demanding ban India has agreed to phase out pesticide endosulfan. At the Geneva meet of the Stockholm Convention, currently underway, India
The draft document of the Contact Group takes note of the recommendations by the POPRC to list technical endosulfan, its related isomers and endosulfan sulfate in Annex A of the convention, with specific exemptions. The group is yet to deliberate on pest-crop complex and the countries that have requested for …
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is considering a worldwide ban on endosulfan, an insecticide which has been banned by a large number of countries. Many others are phasing out the insecticide. India, which accounts for half the global production of endosulfan, says the decision should be by consensus. …
The campaign to ban endosulfan is gaining momentum even as India is striving hard to persuade the ongoing conference of 172 countries to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to postpone this decision by another year. Endosulfan is a chemical widely used as an insecticide. India produces 70 per …
A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a directive to the Centre to impose all-India ban on Endosulfan. The petitioner, Democratic Youth Federation of India, in its petition said it was constrained to approach the Supreme Court in compelling circumstances wherein the valuable life of a …
Amidst the raging April 26: Amidst the raging controversy over the use of endosulfan pesticide in the country despite it being banned by 81 nations and a clear assurance by environment minister Jairam Ramesh that government would consider prohibition on it if adverse affects were scientifically proved, the DYFI has …
Isaac calls for ban on all dangerous pesticides Surendran Pillai terms Indian stance questionable ALAPPUZHA: The over usage of chemical fertilizers in the State's plantations and paddy fields has made regions like Kuttanad a waste bin of pesticides, Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has said. Inaugurating an anti-Endosulfan protest at …
