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Endosulphan Protest - The People Of Kerala - At Trivandrum









Uploaded on Apr 27, 2011
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan led a day-long fast demanding nation-wide ban on the polluting pesticide, endosulfan, here on Monday .India is the world's largest user of Endosulfan, and a major producer with three companies. Excel Crop Care, H.I.L. and Coromandal Fertilizers producing 4,500 tonners annually for domestic use and another 4,000 tonnes for export.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/k...
Besides a national ban on endosulfan, the Chief Minister demanded that India should support a global ban on endosulfan. The Centre should also provide assistance to the State to compensate the victims aerial spraying of endosulfan in the cashew plantations of State-owned Plantation Corporation of Kerala.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/k...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/k...

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