Harmful Pesticides
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How pesticide overuse is turning Kerala’s rice bowl into an ecological wasteland
The state was supposed to shift completely to organic farming by 2020. That remains a distant dream.
TA Ameerudheen
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Kerala’s farm labourers are paying for excessive pesticide use with their health – and lives
Two labourers died of suspected pesticide poisoning in Kuttanad, the state’s rice bowl, in January.
TA Ameerudheen
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India finally bans 18 toxic pesticides – but still leaves out several dangerous ones
It has not banned monocrotophos and mancozeb, both implicated in the deaths of dozens of cotton farmers in Central India last year, or even DDT.
Mridula Chari
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Farmers must use pesticides carefully to prevent poisoning, government panel head tells Firstpost
Anupam Verma said that the farmer deaths in Yavatmal may have occurred because they did not take enough necessary precautions.
Scroll Staff
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Human rights body says government’s callous attitude led to pesticide deaths in Maharashtra
It said the farmers’ right to life and livelihood was violated, as most of them relied on the government to understand how to use pesticides safely.
Scroll Staff