ENDOSULFAN-
ENFORCE A COMPLETE BAN
The Edosulfan victims’ rights convention has urged the union government to enforce a complete ban on the pesticide.
India should review its sand on Endosulfan at the recently held sixth meeting of persistent organic pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of stockholm Convention and enforce a complete ban on the deadly pesticide whose aerial spraying in the cashew estates of plantation corporation of Kerala (PCK) in Kasaragod district is suspected to have caused undiagnosed diseases among hundreds of people,forcing them to lead of a prolonged life of trauma and agony, the convention said.
The Right Convention in a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan singh sought permanent ban on the manufacture, sale and use of Endosulfan in any form or in any manner in the country.
The memorandum also suggested constitution of a tribunal for identification of the deceased and the surviving victims.
Prof .John Kurakar
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