An organochlorine insecticide. Effective against a wide range of pests of crops including cereals, coffee, cotton, fruit, oilseeds, potato, tea and vegetables. Highly toxic substance . The US
Narayan Naik's mental and physical growth is retarded. At the age of 20 he stands at about three feet. He has skin disorders, too. Father Devappa Naik labours in the neighbouring farms. Narayan can
Kittanna, 21, has cerebral palsy. Brother Sridhar's (far left) mental growth is retarded. The Kodenkiri stream flows next to their house. Across the stream lives S Narayan Bhat, with his two
The endosulfan residue detected in Muthakka Shetty's blood is 18 times the residue detected in the water from the Kodenkiri stream that flows next to her house. It is about 900 times the maximum
Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala. Sopan Joshi listens
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released the shocking results of its laboratory analysis on samples brought from Padre village of Enmakaje Gram Panchayat in Kasaragod district, Kerala, where a lot of unusual diseases related to the central nervous system have been reported, especially among children.
Oral administration of the insecticide endosulfan (2 mg/kg per day) for 90 days in immature male rats resulted in an inhibition of pole-climbing escape response to electric shock (unconditioned) and avoidance response to buzzer (conditioned). These responses reflect respectively their learning and memory processes.
