Ban on popular but much-maligned insecticide endosulfan in Kerala and Karnataka due to its alleged health hazards is being seen by some experts as not just unreasonable and unscientific but also as one that could lead farmers to use potentially more dangerous and costlier insecticides, particularly in the cotton belt.
District-level squad formed to implement ban strictly.
KATTAPPANA: The district administration will intensify checking on the border routes and plantation areas to counter the use of endosulfan which is reportedly being brought from Tamil Nadu in bottles with fake labels.
Sengottaiyan recalls the contribution of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
COIMBATORE: Within a year all schemes and subsidies formulated for agriculture sector will be implemented to make Tamil Nadu a model State in agriculture, Minister for Agriculture K.A.
Chandy says victims found it difficult to seek medical aid outside Kasaragod
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Thursday that a super-specialty hospital would be set up in Kasaragod for treating people suffering from the ill effects of endosulfan.
Addressing a meeting of the Collectors here, the Chief Minister said the hospital was proposed in view of the difficultie
Namakkal: A small-scale manufacturer of endosulfan at Pattanam, near Rasipuram, has been asked to stop production till further directions were received from the Supreme Court, sources from the Agriculture Department has said.
The instruction was given to the manufacturer following an eight-week ban by the Supreme Court, an official said.
According to him, the unit produced around 1,000 litre
Ten-member Central team holds talks with doctors
KASARAGOD: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Viswa Mohan Katoch has said that steps will be initiated to mitigate the plight of endosulfan victims and their families.
The authorities would take steps within two months to address the health hazards faced by the victims and submit a draft report to the officials concerned,
Minister says government committed to organic farming
Decontamination of soil to be part of package
Decision on farmers' pension scheme to be taken
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Agriculture Minister K.P.
