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
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
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
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
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
Kochi: The Indian Cardamom Research Institute of Spices Board has begun organising 'Spice Clinics' every wednesday in major cardamom growing areas to advise farmers on judicious use of pesticides. There is an urgent need to educate farmers on various aspects of pesticide application including dosages, time of application, precautions to be taken, methods of storage and disposal of containers etc was felt in view of the reported health hazards, spices...
06:40 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Govt continues to ignore Endosulfan deaths and refuses to ban the dreaded pesticide. ...
12:21 AM, Dec 22, 2010
Endosulfan has caused an estimated 480 deaths and caused serious physical and mental ailments to people. ...
09:03 PM, Dec 21, 2010
New Delhi: You might want to rethink the advice that green vegetables are good for you. A new study by the NGO Consumer Voice on 35 different vegetables from potatoes to tomatoes, lady’s fingers to brinjals shows high doses of banned pesticides. Major quantities of pesticides that have been banned worldwide and here in India were found in bitter gourd and spinach with several other vegetables also contaminated. “We did...
09:52 PM, Nov 03, 2010
Mumbai: It's too dangerous to touch. One month after two ships collided off the Mumbai coast, divers refuse to salvage a container full of pesticides that fell off MSC Chitra. A month after the ship collision near Mumbai's coast several cargo containers are still missing and the fact that makes the situation alarming is that divers are refusing to go near these hazardous containers, which they claim contain 'very dangerous...
02:03 PM, Sep 06, 2010
Mumbai's fisher folk claim that the oil slick did not affect the fish and hence consuming them would be absolutely safe. ...
02:05 PM, Aug 10, 2010
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