Endosulfan Pesticide

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  Centre To Provide Aid For Compensation To Endosulfan Victims: Kerala

  The Kerala government on Thursday said neither the Centre nor pesticide manufacturers have provided any assistance to disburse compensation to the victims of Endosulfan pesticide exposure in the southern state as directed by the Supreme Court and the

• India to Phase Out Use of Endosulfan by 2017: Government

  India has agreed to phase out use of Endosulfan by 2017 and all existing stock of the pesticide in the country that is past its expiry date, government said today.

• Human Rights Body summons Kerala's Chief Secretary

  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned Kerala's Chief Secretary over the state's failure to submit the compliance report of compensating people affected from the aerial spray of hazardous pesticide Endosulfan in Kasargod district.

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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...

• Pesticides only on 'prescription' in Kerala

  Seeking to reduce the use of pesticides, Kerala Government has decided to make it a must for farmers to get 'prescription' from agricultural officers for buying them from shops.The guidelines, issued by Director of Agriculture recently, said agricultural officers should write details such as the name of the crop, the affliction from which the plant...

• 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.