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Endosulfan Effect Truths- Endosulfan - A Victim of Dirty Politics April 25, 2011
- The Battle between European Pesticide Manufacturers and India’s Farmers April 21, 2011
- Reviewing the Alternatives of Endosulfan April 18, 2011
- Will The Government Force Farmers To Commit More Suicides? April 18, 2011
- Petition April 14, 2011
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The Kasargod conundrum
It appears that Endosulfan was good for the world only as long as the EU was manufacturing and exporting it. Endosulfan was a widely-used pest-protection in agricultural economies for decades. There have been no alleged ‘victims’ of Endosulfan anywhere in … Continue reading
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Tagged CSE, endosulfan, endosulfan ban, Endosulfan kerala, endosulfan victims, European Union, IPEN, PAN, Stockholm convention, Thanal
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Will The Government Force Farmers To Commit More Suicides
Agriculture, the principal occupation in India has been acutely inequitable to its practitioners over the last couple of decades. With former late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s credo ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ lain to waste, farmer suicides have since been … Continue reading
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Taking Advantage
I am always amazed by the extent to which we humans take advantage of others’ problems. And we go to an even greater (read lower) extent when that person is not well equipped with knowledge about a certain thing related … Continue reading
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Endosulfan ban: no clear battle lines drawn
Bangalore: Mohammed Asheel, assistant nodal officer of the Kerala government’s endosulfan rehabilitation programme, recalls his initial scepticism at the reported effects of the fertilizer in Kasargod, the northernmost district of Kerala. “I found it difficult to believe that 158 different … Continue reading
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Tagged endosulfan, endosulfan ban, endosulfan victims, kerala, mint
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Endosulfan is Safe!
Endosulfan is Safe: Since Endosulfan is a contact insecticide as opposed to a systemic one, it is not absorbed into crops or the food chain. It cannot bio-accumulate in the human body as it is continually degraded by metabolism to … Continue reading
Effects of Endosulfan on Pollinators and Beneficials
Pollination determines the life of flowers, fruits and crops. It is estimated that every third morsel we consume is a result of pollination. The honey bee is among the most effective pollinators. 90 per cent of pollination in cross-pollinated crops … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, ban endosulfan, corruption, endosulfan effects, endosulfan facts, endosulfan poisoning, endosulfan victims, environment, EU, European Union, honeybees, Kasaragod, kerala, Maslow’s theory, NGOs, politics, pollinators
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Endosulfan
Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs is very relevant in understanding psychology of activists. According to Maslow, human needs can be presented in form of a five-level pyramid with the most basic needs at the bottom of the pyramid and … Continue reading
