The Kerala government on Monday decided that all stocks of pesticide endosulfan will be seized in the state, Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan said.

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Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said the government could phase out the killer pesticide endosulfan even before the 11-year time frame agreed at a Stockholm convention if a cost-effective

The KPCC president, Mr Ramesh Chennithala, announced that once the UDF comes to power, its first priority would be the implementation of a special package for endosulfan victims.

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Top Congress leaders came under attack from party functionaries on Saturday for allowing Chief Minister Mr V.S. Achuthananadan to steal the thunder over the endosulfan issue.

Both Opposition leader M

Athough it has long been suspected that the deadly pesticide Endosulfan is causing serious harm to farmers who use it, no effort has been made so far to study its effects on humans.

Instead, India

The Stockholm convention's decision to eliminate endosulfan has come as a personal victory for the Chief Minister, Mr V. S. Achuthanandan, who had brought the issue to the spotlight through a seven-ho

The Stockholm convention “ban” fails to address all of Kerala’s concerns immediately as it allows the use of endosulfan on 22 crops over a five-year phase-out deadline.

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As politicians continue their blame game over endosulfan ban, the real villain of the pesticide tragedy, the state-run Plantation Corporation Kerala Limited (PCK) is still lurking behind the shadows,

Amid demands for a total ban on endosulfan at home, India and a few developing nations on Friday managed to secure several exemptions, including a phase out period of 11 years to implement the ban on

Social activists, actors, writers and religious heads pledged solidarity with Chief Minister Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, who fasted for seven hours at Martyrs Column here on Monday, demanding a countrywide