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Monday, April 29, 2013
Europe will enforce the world’s first continent-wide ban on widely used insecticides linked to serious harm in bees, after a European Commission (EC) vote on Monday.The landmark suspension i...
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Mangalore,
Thursday, December 20, 2012
'Spraying of the pesticide had resulted in physical and mental deformities in the newborns
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Udupi,
Sunday, December 16, 2012
The Human Rights Protection Foundation on Friday said that according to information provided the Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation (KCDC) to it, aerial spray of endosulfan had been done in...
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Bangalore,
December 15, 2012
Udupi-based Human Rights Protection Foundation has presented evidence to the Supreme Court on alternative technology available for neutralising the toxicity in the existing stocks of the banned pe...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
November 26, 2012
Left Democratic Front (LDF) leaders led by Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan will meet Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday to seek a better deal for endosulfan victims.
The O...
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MANGALORE,
August 26, 2012
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Saturday said the State Government would announce a special package for the victims of endosulfan in Belthagady taluk.Addressing presspersons here, Mr. She...
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Hyderabad,
June 28, 2012
‘We are what we eat and plants give us what we feed’, says agriculture activist G.V. Ramanjenyulu who’s waging a war against the use of pesticide.
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KASARAGOD,
March 11, 2012
The Shantigiri Healthcare & Research Organisation (SHRO) has evolved a year-long scheme to provide free medical treatment to those suffering from diseases suspected to be caused by the aerial...
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KASARAGOD,
February 25, 2012
An eight-year-old girl Ayishath Ibna, who had been suffering from diseases attributed to the spraying of endosulfan in the cashew estates of Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd. in the district,...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
November 10, 2011
Kerala government is in a fix with the National Human Rights Commission issuing notice to the State government for non-payment of adequate compensation to victims of pesticide endosulfan in Kasara...
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NEW DELHI,
September 17, 2011
In report submitted to the Supreme Court
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
August 9, 2011
Many pesticides which have been banned or severely restricted in some countries are in use in Kerala and other States. Kerala banned the use of 15 pesticides in May this year. However, a...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
August 5, 2011
Health Minister Adoor Prakash said here on Friday that the Government would be taking a strong stand in favour of ban on endosulfan. However, he parried questions whether the State government woul...
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MANGALORE,
December 13, 2012
Congress workers and members of various organisations on Wednesday took part in a day-long protest demanding compensation and other assistances for victims of endosulfan in Puttur, Bantwal, Bellth...
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Bangalore,
November 8, 2012
Describing that the health problems caused to people in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts from the use of endosulfan are “next only to the Bhopal gas tragedy”, the State government on Wednesday...
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New Delhi,
July 27, 2012
The Centre has asked the Supreme Court to allow the use of pesticide endosulfan in all States except Kerala and Karnataka, as these States are ready to use it for agricultural pest control....
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 29, 2012
The government, on Tuesday, issued orders approving the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission to pay compensation to the victims of endosulfan.The action was taken in the...
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KASARAGOD,
March 6, 2012
The State government should implement the proposed comprehensive rehabilitation package for endosulfan victims in a time-bound manner, environmental activist Medha Patkar has said. She was...
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KASARAGOD: ,
February 5, 2012
Rs.99.63 crore from the agency constitutes 85 per cent of approved projects
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New Delhi,
September 30, 2011
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the export of 1,090.596 tonnes of endosulfan to enable the manufacturers to meet their contractual obligations, even as it made it clear that the ban imposed on...
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August 11, 2011
The government's argument in the court appears weak in science and perhaps strong in commerce
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New Delhi,
August 5, 2011
Continues ban on production of the pesticide
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New Delhi,
August 3, 2011
It is not the reason behind health problems in Kasaragod, Kerala
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