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 …
THRISSUR: The Central Government is not proposing to ban the use of controversial insecticide endosulfan in the country, said Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function held to inaugurate the pilot project for replantation and rejuvenation of coconut palms on the …
Thrissur: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Sunday that the Centre will not prohibit the use of Endosulfan as an expert committee that studied health problems allegedly caused by the pesticide did not recommend its ban.
This recent report by Environmental Justice Foundation details the environmental and human impacts of 'endosulfan'. It highlights why it should be banned globally and provides suggestions for actions by national governments & other stakeholders to eradicate this deadly pesticide. This report considers the overwhelming evidence that the dangers associated with …
Anti-pesticide council to meet Prime Minister THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Various environmental groups and activist groups are spearheading a campaign for a total ban on the production and marketing of Endosulfan in India. Their efforts have got a boost with the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants considering a proposal for inclusion of …
Roy Mathew Kasaragod: People exposed to pesticide Endosulfan in Kasaragod district continue to suffer. Despite government promises, official efforts to treat and rehabilitate the victims and protect them from exposure to contaminated soil and water are wanting. While the incidence of children born with neurobehavioural disorders, congenital malformation and other …
The endosulfan tragedy which occurred in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India is now well known. It is considered by many experts in the field of pesticide toxicity as one of the worst pesticide disasters to happen to a region and its people. The tragedy occurred for various reasons, starting with …
Villagers of Basarikatte in the taluk demanded a ban on the spraying of dreaded pesticide Endosulphan in coffee plantations. Planters in and around Basarikatte are spraying Endosulphan to prevent coffee borer attack. Meanwhile, villagers are anxious about the possibilities of water pollution through the spray of Endosulphan. A demand for …
Over 1.7 million acres of land in Andhra Pradesh are now farmed under Non Pesticidal Management. Almost all the important crops in Andra Pradesh grow in these villages. Villagers are developing, with institutional mechanisms of their own, as service providers and cooperatives, showing that NPM is economically sustainable and well …
Only country to oppose restriction INDIA again foiled international efforts to restrict trade in endosulfan, a toxic pesticide, by getting it listed in the Rotterdam Convention. The convention, a UN chemicals information treaty, makes it binding for countries to disclose the hazardous nature of chemicals before exporting them to countries …
This report is the sixth `State of the Arctic environment report' that has been prepared by AMAP in accordance with its mandate. It presents the results of work conducted during AMAP's third phase (2002-2008) in relation to three priority areas persistent organic pollutants, human health, and radioactivity. This report is …
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 …
India roots for endosulfan The small country of Benin banned the use of this organochlorine pesticide this year. When the US EPA made public its decision to review the registration of endosulfan early 2008, inviting comments, there was a deluge urging its ban; mid-2008 or so, US EPA was sued …
In the high court of judicature at Bombay criminal writ petition of 2008 on pesticide residues monitoring study analyzing self collected environmental and biota samples from Padre village in Kasargod district of Kerala for endosulfan residues.
India blocked export restrictions on them at Rotterdam Convention india yet again played spoilsport by preventing chrysotile asbestos and endosulfan from being included in Annex III of un
Endosulfan came close to being banned at the fourth meeting of the Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP). The meeting was held in Geneva from October 13 to 17. It saw 24 of the 28 countries vote for inclusion of endosulfan in the treaty
Clemenceau stranded again: Citizens groups can now go to court against the French warship Le Clemenceau docking in the UK water for dismantling in the country. UK
Hyderabad, Nov. 3: Prohibited pesticides are in rampant use across the state and the stark reality is that the authorities, which are supposed to prevent pesticide use, are themselves recommending it, unaware of the consequences. The Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIB & RC) has given a list of …
