Kerala state pollution Control Board has banned the use of the dreaded insecticide across the state. The people that aerial spraying of Endosulfan in the cashew plantations of Kasaragod district had led to health problems identified there and on finding the presence of Endosulfan in the water Violation of the ban would attack imprisonment for a maximum period of six years and fine. On December 7, 2004 the PCB suspended aerial spraying of Endosulfan in Kasaragod district until a final decision was taken in the matter.
UNION MINISTER SUGESTS FURTHER STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF ENDOSULFAN
The Union government constitute another team of experts to reassess the effect of Endosulfan spraying on human population has met with a host of local agencies, including the Anti- Endosulfan Campaign Committee and the solidarity youth movement.
The union minister has proposed a study by an interdisciplinary team in different parts of the country on the effects of Endosulfan. The Minister has suggested that Kerala could nominate a member to the committee to study the issue.
MOVE AGAINST FRESH ENDOSULFAN STUDIES
The government of Kerala is against the fresh Endosulfan studies by the Union government. They would not allow the victims of Endosulfan to become “guinea pigs and rats” for blood samples. The committee had expressed its strong protest by setting a fire the report submitted by Mr. Mayee on August 6, 2005. It is strange that the centre has again appointed him to head the new panel to reassess the situation years after the pesticide was banned in Kerala.
According to the list available with the Endosulfan victims Remedial cell, headed by district panchayat president with the District Collector as convener, as many as 537 persons have died and around 2,210 people, most below 25 years of age. The solidarity youth movement will take out a march to parliament in new-Delhi on November 22 in which the kin of the Endosulfan victims will take part. A national ban on Endosulfan need not preclude further studies.
Prof. John Kurakar
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But if Endosulfan has proven to be so hazardous to health then why have thousands of workers in Gujarat called for action against ban of Endosulfan. They claim that the NIOH report is fraudulent and doctored. They are pushing for an independent transparent study by another organization by taking blood samples of the workers at endosulfan plants and farmers across India to reveal that there is nothing wrong with the pesticide.
This issue seems to have broken ends since the beginning. Can anyone help me get more clarity?
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