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Petition for Farmers’ Right to Choose: Last Chance to Save Endosulfan Petition

Please don't change my gender Nachi and please try formatting small statements...will help us understanding your view better. I would have been more than happy to accept your request had you replied to my question. I am not really convinced with the fact the 60 countries have banned it...

I wouldn't call myself to be less knowledgeable. I have my enough research to this topic. Looking at the fight for power in global industry, I would not believe the convenient searches on google. I feel experience of people is whats matters in case of endosulfan. Try and make a simple...

The general misconceptions regarding Endosulfan include that it causes cancer, birth defects, reproductive disorders and endocrine disruption. However, all relevant scientific data pertaining to its safety has been blocked out by media. Science Clears Endosulfan: However, the chemical...

No alternatives to endosulfan leads horticulture industry to suffer No Alternatives to endosulfan. Horticulture industry facing major difficulty with the phase out of endosulfan in many countries. Here is a view from Avocados Australia chief executive officer, Antony Allen, “Endosulfan has...

Dear Gunda, All that you say is accepted but do you expect 75 million farmers in India and other millions across the world to come to you for your product? Endosulfan is a widely used product for more than 50 years. Millions of them still use it and to let you know banning endosulfan will...

If that is the case why don't we see them used on a larger scale? Why aren't they suggested at the convention instead of much more harmful options. Please share more details about this product and the places/crops it is used on.

Can you please tell me where is it used as an alternative to endosulfan? If experts don't know about endosulfan and the substitutes , who do you think know the best about it? What helps you draw such a conclusion?

But in some cases there is no replacement to endosulfan as it most effective pesticide on a more than 60 pests, non-harmful to beneficials and pollinators and most importantly does not develop resistance in pests which is why it is why farmers have now raised their concerns about the ban. I...

Yes, IPM is a widely used technique these days to control pests. Endosulfan is one of the recommended pesticides in the IPM programme due to its specific characteristics on fields. Infact, Endosulfan is comparable only to neem in terms of its softness on honey bees.

Endosulfan is a generic pesticide which is the most affordable to the farmers. It is the only pesticide which has not developed resistance in the pest. Unlike usual pesticides, endosulfan kills only the pests and not the beneficials. It covers around 60 types of pests and so it has been used...