New Reports from PAN India
State Of Chlorpyrifos, Fipronil, Atrazine And Paraquat Dichloride In India
This report reveals serious problems of pesticide usage in India and points to poor regulation of hazardous agrochemicals. The current use pattern is implicated in widespread unauthorised uses of chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine and paraquat in India, posing threat to food safety and environmental contamination.
DEEMED TO BE REGISTERED PESTICIDES IN INDIA
A new report titled “Deemed to be Registered Pesticides in India”, was released in an international workshop on on “Legal Remedy for Pesticide Poisoning: Challenges in Regulation, Liability and Accountability” organised at Amolak Chand Law College, Yavatmal on 19th September. This report addresses lacunae in regulation and problems with the so called deemed to be to be registered pesticides in India.
Glufosinate Ammonium- An Overview
The report presents information related to the regulation, use, toxicity, and adverse effects of the herbicide glufosinate ammonium on health and environment. Glufosinate is a broad-spectrum herbicide acknowledged to have adverse effects on nervous system, reproductive system, cardiovascular system, and on developing fetuses in animals. Glufosinate ammonium does not have known antidotes, making it difficult for saving lives of individuals who are poisoned. It is banned in 29 countries
Webinar on ‘Drone Based Pesticide Applications: Implications on Health and Regulation’
The Central Insecticide Board (CIB) has clarified in 2019 that spraying pesticides with drones is illegal in India. Recently the Plant Protection Division of Department Of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare has issued standard Operating Procedure and approved a list of pesticide formulations for drone spraying. However, the relevant legislation on aerial spraying is lacking in India.
Application of chemical pesticides being the predominant mode of pest control in India, use of drones for pesticide application, would end up in dangerous situation, which the agricultural department or farmers or general population would not have any control. Exposure to people and public health as well as environmental contamination is major concerns as aerial spraying of pesticides is point source pollution.
In this light, Pesticide Action Network India is organising this webinar on 7thJuly 2022 from 4 pm to 6 pm.
Pesticide Management Bill 2020 is Inadequate to protect human health and environmental well-being
Government of India is going to update its 50 year old pesticide legislation. Towards it, a bill named ‘Pesticide Management Bill 2020’ was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 23rd March 2020, after the Union Cabinet approved it a month before. After more than a year, in July 2021, the Bill has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture for examination. This bill once passed, would replace the existing Insecticides Act 1968, and two draft bills proposed in 2008 and 2017 in the same name. This bill intends to regulate the pesticide sector in India. However, the Bill failed to addressed the ground reality of pesticide use in the country and require several amendments to protect human health and environmental well being.
WEBINAR | 24th June 2021 | 2.30pm IST
PAN Asia Pacific, together with the Maharashtra Association of Pesticide Poisoned Persons (MAPPP), Pesticide Action Network (PAN) India, Public Eye and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) invite you to a webinar that sheds light on the quest for justice of a group of Indian farmers who were poisoned by a pesticide marketed by Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta.
In this webinar, participants will learn more about this emblematic case of pesticide poisoning, the quest for justice and accountability of a group of Indian farmers and the way forward for regulating pesticides use both India and Europe.
Date: Thursday 24 June 2021
Time: 11am CET/ 2.30pm India Standard Time
The webinar will be held in English. Translation to Marathi will be provided simultaneously.
State of Glyphosate Use In India: National Assessment Report Released
State of Glyphosate Use in India
This report reveals the ground reality of glyphosate use in India based on field survey in seven Indian States. This study presents the fact that glyphosate use is happening in India violating the national regulations as well as the International Code of Conduct on Pesticides Management.
In a gazette notification issued on 14thof May 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture proposed a draft order intended to ban the 27 pesticides and sought comments or suggestions from stakeholders.
The notification says ‘sixty-six insecticides which are banned or restricted or withdrawn in other countries but continue to be registered for domestic use in India’ were reviewed by an Expert Committee set up by the Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry considered recommendations of this committee and recognized that use of the ‘twenty seven insecticides are likely to involve risk to human being and animals as to render it expedient or necessary to take immediate action’.
Early-life exposure of children to pesticides damage their mental and physiological growth
Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) pose significant risk to human health and environmental wellbeing
The deadly pesticide endosulfan has caused innumerable health hazards to communities
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