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Poisoned Nector

Posted by Ajay Ranjith V on February 22, 2011 at 5:54am

This happened in a village i visited last week.. The people were spraying water mixed with endosulphan to clean the honey comb and the bees so that they don't cause a mess during a function at night. More over the spray jet was falling into a community tank which is used washing and drinking by people and animals a like..The distracting picture of what was left behind is here..

Who is going to make these people understand the downsides of these deeds?

How the people get access to endosulphane when its banned?

Preservers destroying the nature for it is most vital !!!

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  • Ajay Ranjith V February 23, 2011 at 1:36pm

    Karnataka bans Endosulfan

    http://www.cseindia.org/content/karnataka-bans-endosulfan

    Have to seehow far it goes

  • Ajay Ranjith V February 23, 2011 at 5:31am
    On a lighter note .... If at all action is taken and pesticides like these are banned who is going to feed poor manufacturers and still poorer politecians :)
  • Sonia Jose February 23, 2011 at 5:12am
    True..A lot of information is available on the internet regarding the states that have reported health impacts due to endosulfan use..Kerala has banned it now.But a national level action is necessary.
  • Ajay Ranjith V February 23, 2011 at 4:50am
    I didn't notice case as was in kerala but when it comes to case of ill effects of edosulphan i was present in a farm where it was being used the exposure mist for a few minutes during spraying was suffocating and was really harsh on eyes and nose, causing irritation. I don't have a guess on what the plight of poor farm labours spraying these pesticides in farms for long hours is. May be even in these areas there may some unnoticed effects occuring in the farm labours and children in that area. I will try to see the condition more precisely and update on situation.what ever the situation is, I think a more comprehensive study health and environmnet in these communities need to be taken up and try to revolutionise chemical farming back to organic and a more susutainable farming..
  • Sonia Jose February 23, 2011 at 4:39am
    Did you notice or hear of any health impacts of endosulphan use in this village? In Kerala, the impacts noted are very serious..The state has recently issued an order that such pesticides are not to be purchased without a prescription from the agricultural officer..But that will not suffice. The state government has also requested the central government to ban endosulfan..But a positive decision is yet to be taken, stating that the studies done in this regard show that endosulfan is not dangerous. I wonder what other proof is required than the plight of poor children born in the village with deformed bodies..
  • Ajay Ranjith V February 23, 2011 at 4:28am
    The place is Kottaya Camp in Gangavathi Taluk of Koppal District... This area is called rice bowl of karnataka .. Here farmers are much ahead of others with high paced mechinization ... The whole area is highly progressive farming locality with in the backword North Karnataka.
    . This may be one in a millon such cases happening in this area as there farmers are highly depended on chemical farmining and use comparitively much higher amounts of fertilizers and pesticides with in the areas i knw.. We just don't is the level of environmental degradation that is happening in this area.
    Has not the use of Endosulphan regulted in those communities even nw..
  • Sonia Jose February 23, 2011 at 4:16am

    Thanks, Anil. Could you give me the name of the  village, please? In Kerala, we have a similar situation in Kasargode district..you would be knowing..

    I said market forces, because this pesticide is freely available, and is being used in doses much higher than what is prescribed, causing very very serious malformations across generations. But the gruesome facts do not reach the ignorant farmers. Neither are the use of such pesticides effectively regulated in such agricultural villages. Probably the only way to make a quick change is to restrict the easy accessibility of hazardous pesticides in the market, by putting in a mandatory requirement between the buyer and the the supplier

  • Ajay Ranjith V February 23, 2011 at 4:00am
    Here its a case of ignorance, no market forces involved.. This was in one of the progressive Agricultural villages in North Karnataka..
  • Sonia Jose February 23, 2011 at 3:55am

    painful ignorance..which is intentionally exploited for market success..

    Thanks for the post, Anil. Which is this village?

     

  • GOPI KANTA GHOSH February 23, 2011 at 1:31am
    Pathetic...we must create awareness against this practice...
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