Death Game by toxic Pesticides in Kerala region, India

[aakash Verma]

Dear Friends,

Some pesticides banned in many foreign countries and thses highly toxic chemicals are being indiscriminately used in our country especially in Kerala region for the production of bimass.

Mancozeb, Carbendazim, Diuron, Endosulfan and Paraquat are being used for Mango, bitter gourd crops, Banana farms and Pineapple plantations, amaranthus and okra fields. Thses chemicals is hazardous & known Carcinogens because it contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus. It causes digestive troubles, diarrohoea, jaundice, liver failure, cancer, heart disease, stroke and arthritis. They are causing groundwater as well as surface water pollutions. Chlorpyriphos is harmful to avian and aquatic life. Methyl parathion is carcinogenic and highly harmful to fish and bees.

According to Prof. Indira Devi, 56 per cent of mango farmers and 86 per cent of banana growers use chemical plant protection methods.

Market surveys done in Kerala by the All-India Coordinated Research Project on Pesticide Residue revealed high levels of pesticide residue in okra and amaranthus. People consuming these pesticides accounts for 60 per cent of the 1,000 suicides a year in the State, this is another face of vide usage of toxic chemicals.

Swami Ramdev emphasizing and implementing the usages of organic farming in biomass production through their public meetings, lectures held at various places and their approaches will certainly give a new vision.

[GOPI KANTA GHOSH]

We take bribe to consume poison...this is India...