India agrees to Endosulfan ban - Victory of Justice

Stockholm: Today 29 April,2011 India has agreed to heed to global consensus on banning Endosulfan at the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) which is underway at Geneva. India was completely isolated among other countries when China also stood in support for conditional ban on the pesticide. India is pressing for a good financial package as it would have to bear huge economic cost as a result of the ban.

The efforts also assure that the Stockholm convention review committee will work with parties and observers to come up with alternatives. Further, it is also decided that the convention will provide financial assistance to the developing countries to replace Endosulfan with alternatives. read more on NDTV

The Stockholm convention has come out with a global ban on Endosulfan which had caused more than 500 deaths and crippled more than 4,000 people in Kasargod.

Earlier, at the convention India relaxed its stand and agreed to phase out the pesticide. With the declaration of the ban, many heaved a relief. Endosulfan hit Kasargod area welcomed the ban and rejoiced. It was a fight that was spread over decades and the result brought smiles to the faces of many in the state.