Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial

Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide

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17 Apr 2011, 7:24 am

Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is rooting for endosulfan just before the fifth Conference of Parties (COP) of the Stockholm Convention meets in Geneva

India softens its stand on endosulfan

Day 5- April 29:

The last day of the Stockholm Convention, ushered some good news for all those crusading against endosulfan in India. Endosulfan has finally been brought under the Annex A of the Stockholm Convention, which means that Endosulfan should be banned globally. India softened its stand and agreed to the listing without any opposition. This was a welcome move as India had become almost notorious for opposing any ban on endosulfan in the international arena ever since it was introduced as a persistent organic pollutant in the fourth Stockholm Convention in 2008.

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Ahead of the COP

Awareness march by medical students in Kerala to culminate at Kasaragod on April 25
Kerala proposes to observe April 25 as Endosulfan Day
Kerala CM to send all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi
Environmental health groups urge Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) to ban endosulfan

Pawar’s lies

Responding to a Right to Information (RTI) application

THE DAMAGE DONE

4,273 victims identified in Kasaragod

38 per cent of the victims suffer from neuro-behavioural, cognitive disorders

15 per cent suffer from endocrine, reproductive disorders

RTI application filed in Dakshin Kannada reveals aerial spray was done in 96 villages; a preliminary count suggests 6,000 victims in these villages

*Source: Sneha Santhwanam, Kerala’s rehabilitation programme for endosulfan victims

Gujarat released a study

investigation by Down To Earth in 2004

New endosulfan ploy
Toxic tales from God's own country
LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN
Another Kasaragod
Endosulfan sufferers don't count
State of endosulfan
Pesticides lobby’s coup

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