Bangalore: The use of the deadly pesticide, Endosulfan, is causing diseases like cancer and asthma, especially in the states like Karnataka and Kerala. While the Kerala government has already identified 4300 victims and is compensating them, Karnataka has still not woken up to their woes.
Gracy D'Souza has slowly given up her dream to see her son Santosh healthy and able to walk. The 21-year-old who is mentally disabled is bed-ridden due to arthritis and asthma, all because of the deadly pesticide Endosulfan, whose spraying has affected others in Dakshina Kannada district of karnataka too. Ailments caused by the pesticide include cancer, asthma, brain damage and impotency.
Till the year, 2000 helicopters would fly here spraying this harmful pesticide across the region and even after 12 years you can still see the after effects of this harmful pesticide called Endosulfan.
My main worry is who will look after my boy after we are gone? The state government should give us better compensation otherwise what will happen to us? says DSouza....
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09:14 AM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to firm up its plans on the deadly chemical endosulfan. The apex court sought a report from the Centre and asked it if it has decided to ban or permit the usage of endosulfan. Thousands of people have been affected due to to endosulfan poisoning, especially in Kerala. According to the Supreme Court, a blanket ban or permission - both...
01:24 PM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed export of unused stock of Endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it in on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the "dilution, packaging and export" of the agrochemical will be handled by public sector unit (PSU) Hindustan Insecticide Ltd. The bench also...
11:53 AM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will be hearing the Endosulfan case on Monday. It may decide on what needs to be done with unused stockpiles of the controversial pesticide and propose alternatives to it. The court had passed an interim order banning its production and use in May 2011 because of its health hazards. "Keeping in mind various judgements of this court under Article 21 (right to life and liberty)...
08:07 AM, Nov 14, 2011
CJ Vinaya from Kasargod, Kerala reports on the fall out of toxic pesticide Endosulfans use. ...
12:19 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Thirvuananthapuram: Even as the controversy over Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi's appearance in Court for Endosulfan companies continued to rage, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday said there was no change in the party's stand for a total ban on Endosulfan in the country. "There is no question of Congress changing its stand on Endosulfan, whatever be the arguments," he told reporters here when asked about Singhvi's arguments in...
11:05 PM, Aug 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday 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 precautionary principle we, hereby, direct and pass ad-interim order for...
06:06 PM, May 13, 2011
Cochin: Kerala pollution control board orders for the closure of HIL factory in Cochin manufacturing Endosulfan citing violations. The step has been taken even as a petition was filed by CPI-M's youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in the Supreme Court seeking overall ban on the use of Endosulfan. In its petition, DYFI has sought a direction to the Centre to prohibit the sale of Endosulfan in its...
03:13 PM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: A worldwide call to ban the use of Endosulfan has met with some success. At the Stockholm Convention the Environment Ministry, on behalf of the Government of India has pushed for a successful phasing out of the killer pesticide in the next 11 years. While it is a green victory, it has led to a war of words between Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Kerala Chief Minister VS ...
06:13 PM, May 02, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the petition seeking a ban on sale and production of the pesticide Endosulfan across the country. The petition filed by CPI-M's youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) would be mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia. In its petition, DYFI has sought a direction to the Centre to prohibit the sale of Endosulfan in its...
08:04 AM, May 02, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The LDF's dawn-to-dusk hartal in Kerala, called to push for a nationwide ban on the pesticide Endosulfan resulted in a complete shut-down. Pro-Left parties and civil rights organisations in Kerala on Friday organised a massive rally opposing the Centre's stand of not banning Endosulfan in the entire country. But the rally and the hartal caused problem for the commuters. "My neighbour's child in Kazargode is a victim of Endosulfan, ...
06:59 PM, Apr 29, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala to step up pressure on the Centre for imposing a nation-wide ban on endosulfan pesticide hit normal life across the state on Friday. Public modes of transport like buses, taxis and autorickshaws were off the roads, reports from across the state said. Pro-Left unions in the transport sector have supported the hartal. Attendance was thin in government offices and...
12:04 PM, Apr 29, 2011
Thiruvanthapuram: A dawn to dusk fast by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan against Endosulfan, just a few days ago grabbed lots of attention - and is now expected to intensify further with the LDF calling for a Kerala bandh to protest against the Centre's stand on the killer pesticide. In fact Achuthanandan has also written to other states requesting them to put pressure on the Centre to impose a...
07:30 AM, Apr 29, 2011
Thiruvanthapuram: A dawn to dusk fast by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan against Endosulfan, just a few days ago grabbed lots of attention - and is now expected to intensify further with the LDF calling for a Kerala bandh to protest against the Centre's stand on the killer pesticide. In fact Achuthanandan has also written to other states requesting them to put pressure on the Centre to impose a...
07:30 AM, Apr 29, 2011
New Delhi: A group of Left MPs on Tuesday held a protest in Parliament House demanding a ban on endosulfan pesticide and questioned whether the reluctance on part of the government to take action in this regard pointed to another "scam". "We demand a nationwide ban on the pesticide. We wonder why there is no ban or is it pointing towards a scam. They say we are politicising the issue....
12:44 PM, Apr 26, 2011
While Kerala cabinet and activists demand ban of Endosulfan, others say it doesn't have ill effects. ...
10:36 PM, Apr 25, 2011
Sindu, who turned citizen journalist explains the irreparable damage the chemical, Endosulfan, has already caused on her son. ...
09:39 PM, Apr 25, 2011
Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan and his entire cabinet are staging a full-day long dharna to press for a nationwide ban on Endosulphan. Endosulfan is a pesticide which causes more than 150 diseases mostly affecting the nervous, immune and the reproductive systems.
03:30 PM, Apr 25, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanadan went on a day long fast on Monday for the banning of the controversial pesticide Endosulfan - which has been blamed for a large number of deaths and genetic deformities in Kazargode, Kerala. Several prominent citizens, activists and ministers too pledged their support. V S Achuthanandan said, "The Prime Minister and the Centre is still saying that only if all the states in...
03:09 PM, Apr 25, 2011
Govt continues to ignore Endosulfan deaths and refuses to ban the dreaded pesticide. ...
12:21 AM, Dec 22, 2010
