Kerala

a division Bench of Kerala High Court has once again directed the state government to conduct another epidemiological study in the cashew plantation areas in Kerala and trace out the factors responsible for health problems in areas such as Padre and Cheemeni in Kasaragod district.

Publication Date:

14/04/2006

Author(s): Shree Padre

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pesticides, Plantation Crops, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, High Court, Kerala

Mining

Silicon valley?

Sand mining in Alappuzha: People call the shots

Publication Date:

30/01/2006

Author(s): M Suchitra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mining, Minerals, NGO, Kerala

Natural Disasters

They coped

Natural Disasters

Publication Date:

14/11/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Kerala

Wildlife

In Court

Hunter hunted: One of Cambodia's most infamous wildlife hunters has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for trapping and killing over 600 animals, many endangered. Earlier, much concern had

Publication Date:

14/10/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20051015

pp:

0

Tags:

Animal Cruelty, Coca Cola, Groundwater, Wildlife, Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Cambodia, Kerala

India

What Dubey did

the chairperson of a government committee mandated to look into Kerala's endosulfan tragedy suppressed all dissenting voices within the committee to give a clean chit to the pesticide.

Publication Date:

30/08/2005

Author(s): Kushal P S Yadav

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pesticides, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Kerala