VELLORE: The Organic Farming Organisation, Vellore, has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to ban the use of endosulfan, a harmful pesticide, in Tamil Nadu.
In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, president of the organisation G.S. Purushothaman said the pesticide had been banned in more than 80 countries and in India by Karnataka and Kerala.
Around 51 agricultural foods are contaminated with pesticide residues and of these, 20 per cent has pesticide residues more than the maximum residue limit in India.
India produces 85,000 tonnes of pesticides every year.
The pesticide endosulfan was recently banned by the government, but many other chemical pesticides continue to be used for a better, higher and quicker yield, as they prevent
BHUBANESWAR: Farmer rights activists have urged the State Government to implement the Supreme Court ban on Endosulfan.
Emboldened by the apex court order, organisations working for farmers said agriculturists in Orissa are using Endosulfan, an off-patent organochlorine insecticide.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed today’s Supreme Court order banning the use, sale, production and export of endosulfan with immediate effect. This landmark judgment comes on the heels of India’s grudging acceptance at the Stockholm Convention that endosulfan is a serious health hazard and that it should be banned.
Order of the Supreme Court dated 13/05/2011 in W.P (C) No. 213 of 2011 Democratic Youth Federation of India Versus Union of India in the matter of endosulfan use.
