Padre Village

First food: business of taste

Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …

Endosulfan poisoning in Padre village: industry's dirty tactics

Pesticide industry body loses defamation case against CSE, twice. The Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), a pesticide industry body, has twice lost the defamation case it filed against Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. CCFI had been pursuing the case against a study done by CSE highlighting the …

Background note endosulfan: global and Indian evidence about toxicity and dangers to human health

As India holds on to endosulfan ban and the Union environment ministry proposes an expert committee to study its ill-effects, read this background note by CSE about global and Indian evidence on its toxicity and dangers to human health. As the world gradually discovers the ills of indiscriminate use of …

Analysis of samples from Padre village in Kasaragod district of Kerala for endosulfan residues

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 …

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