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 …
ALAPPUZHA: Senior Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran on Tuesday came down heavily on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and the Union Ministries of Agriculture, Health and Environment, accusing them of being party to the interests of what he termed the Endosulfan lobby, and of not doing what they should have done. …
KASARAGOD: Mothers cried recounting the plight of their children affected by Endosulfan in parts of the district at a protest meeting here on Tuesday seeking a ban on the pesticide. The meeting, held ahead of the conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants scheduled from April …
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala, on Monday, wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to ensure that India took a strong stand on banning Endosulfan at a conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants beginning in Geneva on April 25. He said …
KASARAGOD: The media have not adequately projected the hazards of prolonged aerial spraying of Endosulfan in the Plantation Corporation of Kerala's cashew estates in the district, says media critic A. Jayashankar.
Anxieties over possibility of the offspring bearing congenital disorders due to Endosulfan poisoning are reportedly forcing women of Kasaragod in Kerala
The controversial Endosulfan is back to haunt coastal villages in Karnataka. Information obtained through the Right to Information has revealed that the chemical spray of Endosulfan in 96 villages in Dakshina Kannada district of the State has affected thousands of people, many critically. According to information available, during 1980s Endosulfan …
The world will be watching India as the conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention meet in Geneva from April 25 to 29 to discuss, among other things, a global ban on the pesticide endosulfan. India was the only member country to take a stand against the ban at the …
The state government on Tuesday submitted its objections in the matter related to the ban on the insecticide Endosulfan. The state government said it banned the insecticide based on the report of the committee which it had formed. This committee which submitted its report in 2004 was of the opinion …
KASARAGOD: Narayana Naik, 70, whose name was on the official list of victims of Endosulfan sprayed on cashew estates in 11 panchayat limits in the district, died of liver complications in his house at Bedirampalla, near Perla, on Monday, official sources here said. He had been undergoing prolonged treatment for …
Recently, the Stockholm Convention prohibited the use of toxaphene and has been reviewing endosulfan. The historical use of these pesticides may contaminate food and tend to accumulate in the food chain. In this study, to evaluate the spatial and temporal trends of food contamination, the endosulfan and toxaphene levels were …
Evidence is mounting on the ill-effects of Endosulfan sprayed on cashew plantations in Kasaragod district, even as the Union government continues to be ambivalent on the issue. A survey done by the Health Department has identified nearly 4,000 victims after screening 16,000. The household survey and the screening done in …
Report of the Community Based Study : Epidemiological study of health status of Population at Kasaragode District, Kerala. www.cseindia.org/userfiles/endo-study_brief.pdf
The “Endosulfan poisoning “ at Kasargod was first reported in the media in 1979 by Sri. Shreepadre farm journalist from the village Padre. The Plantation Corporation of Kerala started areal spraying of endosulfan in its cashew plantations in Kasargod district in 1976. The struggle against aerial spraying was started as …
Endosulfan manufacturers formulators and welfare association (EMFWA) filed an amendment application on March 22 in the Bangalore High Court rubbishing the argument put forth by the Karnataka government to ban endosulfan in the state. Related Articles • Another Kasaragod • State of endosulfan • Endosulfan sufferers don't count • Centre …
It has been more than a dozen years since health professionals in north Kerala started noticing unusual health disorders in the tracts where there had been aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan on cashew plantations. Surveys, studies and countless media reports have brought out the burden of endosulfan. The Government …
In David and Goliath stand-offs public sympathy—and cheering—is always reserved for the heroic small man who takes on the big bad guy. The David usually represents valour in the face of heavy odds. That is how the Indian pharmaceuticals industry projected itself when it began producing generics medicine at a …
The Karnataka government has banned use of pesticide endosulfan with immediate effect for a period of 60 days. The state Cabinet, chaired by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, announced the decision on February 17. It took note of reports of severe health problems, like physical deformities, caused by aerial spraying …
THE Karnataka government has banned use of pesticide endosulfan with immediate effect for a period of 60 days. The state Cabinet, chaired by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, announced the decision on February 17. It took note of reports of severe health problems, like physical deformities, caused by aerial spraying …
As the demand for a ban on endosulfan in India is gaining pitch, the pesticide associations are leaving no opportunity to vilify CSE for saving their US $ 100m market. CSE responds with the facts and a detailed chronology of events. As the demand for a ban on Endosulfan in …
