WHEN too many words clamour with each other and obfuscate the contours of a discourse, images perhaps remain the lone source of strength for people. Recovering this primal force of images,
This report presents compelling evidence of the considerable threats the pesticide endosulfan poses to human health and environmental integrity. In light of the evidence presented, it make a number of key recommendations to the World Health
The Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd (PCK) has been resorting to aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan for about 2 decades, 2 to 3 times an year, in 4696 ha of cashew plantation owned by it in Kasaragod district of Kerala for the control of tea-mosquito bug. From 1979, there have been press reports on health abnormalities in the region adjoining the plantation.
