The Kollan based Cashew processing industry has sought a ban on Endosulfan. The Cashew industry did not need raw nuts from platations that use Endosulfan. The use of such nuts would only serve to harm the industry, especially in the export markets.
The global production of raw cashew touched 20 lakh tonnes of raw nuts. The country processes more than 12 lakh tonnes of raw cashew out of which about 6.5 lakh tonnes to 7 lakh tonnes were processed by the Killam-based industries and the bulk of these were imported.
The developed importing countries had the chemical analysis had the chemical analysis system to detect any chemical presence beyond tolerance level. If any consignment was found to have chemicals beyond prescribed levels, they were simply rejected and that meant huge loss for the industry.
There was absolutely no need for cashew plantations to use emdosulfan.The use of this pesticide may serve to increase production for f armers but at the cost of human health.
Prof.John Kurakar
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