Friday, April 22, 2011



Nothing but cruelty on the part of the Centre in not banning Endosulfan

No doubt it is outright cruelty on the part of the Union Government in not banning the use of dangerous pesticide Endosulfan which had caused devastation among people of Kerala and Karnataka.

The Ministers concerned, it seems, have been toying with appointment of various committees one after the other to somehow prolong the use of Endosulfan.

They have not visited the victims of Endosulfan, living anachronism of human beings, as they were deformed and disfigured with ugly looks. Writer M.T.Vasudevan Nair had said it was not possible for him to visit the victims as he cannot stand the sight of the so-called human beings who have been victims of gene mutation caused by the deleterious pesticide.

Come and see, that should be the slogan to be raised against the Union Ministers whose kith and kin are not affected by the pesticide because they don’t go anywhere near fields where the pesticides are used.

It seems the attempt of the ministers was to see that India took a stance favourable to the use of Endosulfan in the Geneva conference of the Stockholm declaration being held in the coming days.

It would be an ugly sight to see India, which is on the threshold of being considered a developed nation, arguing for the use of Endosulfan which makes death-in-life and life-in-death in human beings.

Forget about committees, people are convinced that Endosulfan is the culprit in making their lives and lives of future generations in danger.
The argument that request from two states is not enough to cause a national ban is ludicrous and at once vulgar.

I don’t see how these so-called educated and enlightened people have no qualms in playing with the lives of present people and future generations. These gentlemen have to be condemned.

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