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UNITE FOR GLOBAL BAN ON THE DEADLY CHEMICAL ENDOSULFAN

Raise your voice for the poor people those suffer from severe health problems created by this highly toxic pesticide.

Mission

Mission of this campaign is to get rid of the deadly chemical Endosulfan from India. Be part of an international movement to get governments ban this chemical from use.

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WHAT IS ENDOSULFAN ?

Endosulfan is a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide of the cyclodiene subgroup which acts as a contact poison in a wide variety of insects and mites. It can also be used as wood reservative. It is used primarily on food crops like tea, fruits , and vegetables on grains.

Commercial names for the product include Thiodan , Endocide, Beosit,Cyclodan,Malix, Thimul and Thifor. Endosulfan is pesticide, which is highly toxic if not properly used. Its chemical name is 6,7,8,10,10-hexachloro-1,5,51,6,9,9a-hexahydro- 6,9-methano-2,3,4-benzadioxathiepin 3-oxide. Its molecular formula is C9H6Cl6O4. It is a neurotoxic pesticide belonging to the group of Cyclodiens. Some of the related insecticides of the same group viz. chlordane, heptachlor,aldrin. Endrin, dieldrin were banned for use in agriculture because of long persistence of their toxic residues in the environment.

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Aerial spray of endosulfan, a pesticide is being blamed for all the health problems in the area by the people. In places like Muliyar, Periye, Enmakaje, Cheemeni and Pedre in the cashew plantations aerial spraying of pesticide to wipe of tea mosquitoes was undertaken by
Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) back from 1978 onwards. Aerial spray of endosulfan using helicopter was banned under High Court order in the area recently as per the petition filed by individuals. In these places, lot of children, who have been exposed to aerial spray,
are considered to be living martyr. After conducting surveys in this region, it was found that the residents suffered from one or other kind of diseases.

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