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 …
In this area all these complaints have come up in recent times. They are not at all productive. We are spraying endosulfan in so many other places like Cheemeni and Rajapuram. We have been spraying for so many years. There have been no complaints in the past. Endosulfan is not …
Avinash is also called Udaya. The 10-year-old resident of Vaninagar has cerebral palsy, asthma and epilepsy. Father PSunder Shetty works the neighbouring farms. Mother Shaileja rolls bidi s for additional income. Combined monthly income: Rs 2,000-3,000. When Udaya wasn't able to walk at the age of one, his parents realised …
An organochlorine insecticide. Effective against a wide range of pests of crops including cereals, coffee, cotton, fruit, oilseeds, potato, tea and vegetables. Highly toxic substance . The US Environmental Protection Agency classifies it as a Category 1b (highly hazardous). Easily absorbed by the stomach, lungs and through the skin. All …
Narayan Naik's mental and physical growth is retarded. At the age of 20 he stands at about three feet. He has skin disorders, too. Father Devappa Naik labours in the neighbouring farms. Narayan can make conversation on rudimentary matters. He can point out the direction from where the helicopter comes, …
Kittanna, 21, has cerebral palsy. Brother Sridhar's (far left) mental growth is retarded. The Kodenkiri stream flows next to their house. Across the stream lives S Narayan Bhat, with his two nephews suffering mental retardation and a 35-year-old sister who has epilepsy. Kittanna's father Shinappa Shetty looks after the arecanut …
The endosulfan residue detected in Muthakka Shetty's blood is 18 times the residue detected in the water from the Kodenkiri stream that flows next to her house. It is about 900 times the maximum residue limit for water
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released the shocking results of its laboratory analysis on samples brought from Padre village of Enmakaje Gram Panchayat in Kasaragod district, Kerala, where a lot of unusual diseases related to the central nervous system have been reported, especially among children. The first tests …
Oral administration of the insecticide endosulfan (2 mg/kg per day) for 90 days in immature male rats resulted in an inhibition of pole-climbing escape response to electric shock (unconditioned) and avoidance response to buzzer (conditioned). These responses reflect respectively their learning and memory processes. The escape response but not the …
A great concern over genotoxic potential of environmental chemicals has been expressed in recent years. Endosulfan a polycyclic chlorinated hydrocarbon of cyclodien group, is a well known insecticide. It is widely used in agriculture and, in some countries, in public health.
[ 14 C]Endosulfan, α or β isomers separately, was administered to rats as a single oral dose and as a dietary supplement for 14 days. No appreciable differences were observed in the fate of the two isomers. Five days after the single dose, 75% of the dose had been voided …
The insecticide endosulfan, has been widely used for the control of crop pests in the field of agriculture. Although no mutagenic, teratogenic or carcinogenicity information is available on this insecticide, there are several reports concerning its toxicity after oral as well as from repeated administration in mice, rats and rabbits.
