Dissolves Poison: Difficult ... The fight to stop pesticides has been involved in legal betrayal for seven years

The Green Revolution brought prosperity to agriculture, but it also had the opposite effect. Increasing the use of pesticides and toxic chemicals in farming - humans, the environment, animals were all affected. From time to time, the government also checks these pesticides and restricts the damage caused by them. Recently, the government has notified 27 pesticides for prohibition. The pesticide lobby went against it against the court. Now the fight has been embroiled in a legal bet.

The Central Government had issued a notification on 18 May asking for its opinion on the prohibition of 27 toxic chemicals being continuously flushed in crops, but the Pesticide lobby went against it.

While the people of civil society are mobilizing for the immediate ban due to the damage done to it, the pesticide companies that do the business of thousands of crores every year with the ban

Citing the danger of food security is threatened, he has tried to stop it. The government has issued a notification to ban 27 pesticides and weedicides, which have already been banned abroad.

The pesticide lobby is very influential, says Kavita Kurughunti, associated with the Asha-Kisan Swaraj Network, a long-standing NGO, Asha-Kisan Swaraj, which has been fighting for a long time to stop the indiscriminate use of pesticides. They are also arguing whether they will be banned or not. This process takes a long time. The decisions of the government are going on according to the pesticide industry. Kavita further says that out of the 27 pesticides, nine are such that they are registered but the limit is not fixed.

Farmers have no idea of ​​loss

Farmers are using more and more pesticides and weeds inadvertently and under the greed of the dealer commission. The biggest problem is that the farmers do not know which pesticide to use for which crop.

The farmer purchases on the advice of the regional shopkeeper. At the same time, scientists and pesticide companies associated with many government institutions say that if the farmers use these pesticides within the prescribed limit, then they are not dangerous. Only 20% of farmers in India know about the use of pesticides from agricultural authorities, 80% are unreliable sources.

Do not cut crop immediately after applying pesticide

Dr. Sumita Arora, who is associated with Integrated Pest Management in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, says every pesticide has time to be harvested, after which the farmer should harvest the crop only after waiting for a certain time. Pesticides put in fruits and vegetables are more dangerous

Cancer cases increase in Western Orissa, 200 deaths

Says S. Ramchandani of the Burla Medical College, who is closely observing the deaths and diseases of farmers in western Orissa using weedicide paraquat, says oral cancer, breast cancer, and uterus in Orissa's Bargarh district Cancer cases are the most frequent. 200 patients have died.

Association claims ... no ill effect

Dr. Archana Patil, regional deputy director of the Pesticide Association of India, says some people want it banned, but for how many years these pesticides have been in use, no such side effects have been observed.

The industry has also given data from time to time, the government has issued a notification to ban, against which we have gone to court.

The fourth-place of India: Pesticide market in India is around 20,000 crores, which is estimated to reach 31,600 crores by the year 2024. India ranks fourth in the pesticide business after the US, Japan, and China.

PM has appealed ...

On 15 August last year, PM Modi from Lal Qila has appealed to the farmers to use the minimum amount of pesticides in crops to protect Mother Earth from poisonous chemicals. Maharashtra consumes most of the pesticides. It is followed by UP and Punjab.