The Union Agricultural and Cooperation Department on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there was no evidence to suggest that long-term use of endosulfan posed health hazards and various nations had banned the pesticide as a precautionary measure.
The Union government submitted the counter-affidavit in response to a petition filed by Kerala unit of DYFI, youth wing of CPM, which sought ban on use and production of endosulfan. The DYFI move came in the backdrop of the reported maladies in Kasargode villages, allegedly caused by two-decade-long spraying of the pesticide in cashew plantations.
The affidavit, submitted by Agriculture Department director Vandana Jain, said the Joint Meeting of the Pesticide Review appointed by the WHO and FPO had evaluated in 2006 that “long term intake of residues of endosulfan from uses that have been considered by the JMPR was unlikely to present public health concern”.
The Union government submitted the counter-affidavit in response to a petition filed by Kerala unit of DYFI, youth wing of CPM, which sought ban on use and production of endosulfan. The DYFI move came in the backdrop of the reported maladies in Kasargode villages, allegedly caused by two-decade-long spraying of the pesticide in cashew plantations.
The affidavit, submitted by Agriculture Department director Vandana Jain, said the Joint Meeting of the Pesticide Review appointed by the WHO and FPO had evaluated in 2006 that “long term intake of residues of endosulfan from uses that have been considered by the JMPR was unlikely to present public health concern”.
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