The ill-effects of endosulfan are beginning to unravel in Bhatkal taluk, close on the heels of similar instances in Kasargod of Kerala and many parts of Dakshina Kannada.

The ill-effects of the pesticide sprayed in cashew plantations have disabled a number of people in several villages of the taluk.

Endosulfan is being used in hundreds of acres of plantations of the Karnataka Cashew Developm