Women in Kerala%u2019s Kasaragod district, where indiscriminate use of Endosulfan has played havoc with human lives and led to the birth of babies with congenital defects, are scared of becoming pregnant. Those who become pregnant, opt for abortion
The Kerala government will press the Centre to adopt a stand in favour of a global ban on the production and use of Endosulfan at a conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants beginning in Geneva on April 25.
e Kerala government today sought a financial package of Rs 242 crore from the Centre to pay compensation to people suffering from health problems reportedly caused by use of endosulfan pesticide in some plantations in Kasargod district.
