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
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/endosulfan-bares-its-fangs-bhatkal
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endosulfan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kasaragod-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dakshin-kannad
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/right-information-rti
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
