Endosulfan Ban

• Dhanuka Agritech Ltd - No impact on Dhanuka Agritech Ltd's performance on account of Ban on Endosulfan

  Dhanuka Agritech Ltd has informed BSE regarding an announcement titled "No impact on Dhanuka Agritech Ltd's performance on account of Ban on Endosulfan".

• Supreme Court bans Endosulfan across country

  The Supreme Court has banned the production, sale and use of controversial pesticide Endosulfan in the country for the next eight weeks, holding that human life is more important than anything else."Keeping in mind various judgements of this court under Article 21 (right to life and liberty) of the Constitution and particularly keeping in mind the ...

• Supreme Court bans manufacture, use of endosulfan

  The Supreme Court today banned the manufacture and use of pesticide Endosulfan across India. An expert panel headed by the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will examine the ill effects of the pesticide on human beings and the eco system and will submit a preliminary report to the apex court within eight weeks.The court ...

• Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea to ban Endosulfan

  The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a petition seeking ban on Endosulfan pesticide across the country.A bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Centre and asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium to remain present on the next date of hearing on May 11...

• What endosulfan did to these children in Kerala's Kasaragod

  Twelve-year-old Badusha can't run; he can't play like other children. Permanently bedridden, this young boy is symbolic of what many allege are the effects of endosulfan, a pesticide used by farmers in India. He is a living testimony of the harmful effects of endosulfan in Kasaragod. This is a condition of the children in a state whose tourism tag ...

• India agrees to Endosulfan ban

  In a major change of position, India on Friday accepted at a world convention in Geneva that the pesticide Endosulfan is a health hazard. India is currently the largest exporter of Endosulfan in the world and it is used extensively in many states.It has now agreed to a phased out ban with an exemption for some crops.Activists too say this is a majo...

• Endosulfan ban: Achuthanandan rallies support from Chief Ministers

  Seeking to widen his government's campaign against Endosulfan, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has written to his counterparts in other states requesting them to bring combined pressure on the Centre to impose a nationwide ban on the pesticide.Ahead of a Kerala 'hartal' on Friday called by ruling CPM-led LDF on the Endosulfan issue, Achutha...

• Achuthanandan, others fast for ban on Endosulfan

  Demanding a nationwide ban on the pesticide Endosulfan, Kerala Chief Minister and veteran CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan today led a day-long statewide mass fast here.He was joined in the seven-hour fast as part of 'anti-Endosulfan day' from 10 am by leaders of various political parties, including BJP, cultural personalities, rights activists and ...

• Govt not for ban on Endosulfan?

  Kasaragod in north Kerala is home to thousands of people with severe neurological and congenital deformities. Years of exposure to endosulfan, aerially sprayed on cashew plantations is said to be the reason. Those demanding a countrywide ban on the pesticide ask if this is not enough proof for India to endorse a global ban on endosulfan at an inter...

• Can Kerala persuade India to ban endosulfan?

  In Kasargod district in north Kerala, 28-year-old Shailini has had two stillbirths and her third pregnancy had to be aborted. Doctors have linked her condition to years of exposure to endosulfan.Kasaragod in Kerala has become an overwhelmingly tragic Exhibit A for those who are campaigning to have the pesticide banned. Thousands have been affected ...

• Kerala fights for a ban on endosulfan

  The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala has asked the Centre to press for a global ban on Endosulfan pesticide at the four-day Stockholm Convention on 'Persistent Organic Pollutants', to be held from April 25."Considering the environment pollution and serious health problems caused by the pesticide, India should take a stron...

• Pesticide causes birth defects

  The Kerala High Court in southern India has imposed a ban on the highly hazardous pesticide endosulfan, already banned in many countries, after growing concern at the risk of farmers and villagers being poisoned.