In response to claims connecting Endosulfan with human disorders in Kerala and Dakshina Kannada, six committees and expert groups including representatives from health, environment and agriculture departments were set up by the Govt of Kerala, Govt of India and the Govt of Karnataka. Each committee has concluded that none of the alleged victims were proven to be affected by Endosulfan. The committee findings have been methodically dismissed at the will of vested interests in the form of NGOs and possibly, media. Similarly, studies with results that did not favour the NGO’s agenda have been mocked and rejected. Such was the case of a Kerala Agricultural University study that pointed out insignificant residues of Endosulfan in samples in February 2001.
Similarly, there is much vitriol generated by the polity in Kerala against Mr DC Mayee and his report establishing no link between Endosulfan and health abnormalities. Due to the clout wielded by NGOs and polity, several allegations have been made in the Indian media in recent years, especially in the region of Kasargod, Kerala. No news report has scientifically contested the findings of his committee…http://www.whybanendosulfan.org/endosulfan-in-india.htm
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