The high court of Karnataka has given the state one last chance to file objections in the case that accused the government of making hectic efforts to malign the use of the drug endosulfan.
The court has also made party to this case, the state’s agricultural commissioner and agricultural secretary.
The Endosulfan Manufacturers and Formulators Welfare Association, Excel Crop Care Ltd, Hyderabad Chemicals Limited and Bharath Insecticides Ltd had, in their petition filed before the high court, contended that the government was making efforts to malign the use of endosulfan.
“It is submitted that there is no basis in the government’s action in taking steps to ban the product. In fact, the action is wholly contrary to the report of the expert committee dated October 29, 2004 constituted by the state for the very same purpose of determining the effect of the use of insecticide endosulfan,” the petitioners submitted before the court.
Endosulfan is an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide, and has emerged as a controversial agrichemical due to its acute toxicity.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_karnataka-high-court-gives-state-govt-one-last-chance-in-endosulfan-case_1526883
The court has also made party to this case, the state’s agricultural commissioner and agricultural secretary.
The Endosulfan Manufacturers and Formulators Welfare Association, Excel Crop Care Ltd, Hyderabad Chemicals Limited and Bharath Insecticides Ltd had, in their petition filed before the high court, contended that the government was making efforts to malign the use of endosulfan.
“It is submitted that there is no basis in the government’s action in taking steps to ban the product. In fact, the action is wholly contrary to the report of the expert committee dated October 29, 2004 constituted by the state for the very same purpose of determining the effect of the use of insecticide endosulfan,” the petitioners submitted before the court.
Endosulfan is an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide, and has emerged as a controversial agrichemical due to its acute toxicity.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_karnataka-high-court-gives-state-govt-one-last-chance-in-endosulfan-case_1526883
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