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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
