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".

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.