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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Endosulfan detoxification begins

Endosulfan detoxification begins

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published Published on Jun 18, 2012   modified Modified on Jun 18, 2012
-The Hindu

Operation Blossom Spring first taken up at Periye

Authorities started the process of detoxifying endosulfan stocked in three warehouses of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala here on Sunday.

Operation Blossom Spring was first taken up at the warehouse at Periye, transferring 914.55 litres of the pesticide in six corroded barrels to high-density polyethylene barrels.

A team of personnel from Hindustan Insecticide Ltd. and the Kerala State Pollution Control Board and medical experts did the highly delicate transfer.

The two-phase process of detoxification is expected to allay the fear of the people that the remaining stock of the pesticide, blamed for deaths and debilitating diseases in villages where the corporation used to aerially spray it on cashew estates, will cause more health and environmental hazards.

In the next two days, around 650 litres of the pesticide in four barrels on the Rajapuram estate of the corporation at Panathady and 73.75 litres in its Cheemeni warehouse will be transferred to safe barrels.

At Periye, Fire and Rescue Services and police personnel stood guard as people gathered to witness the operation. LCD screens were put in place for those outside to watch the process.

The area around the warehouse has been categorised into three zones — red zone up to three metres, yellow zone up to another five metres and green zone the adjoining 10 metres.

An amount of Rs. 5 lakh has been sanctioned for the safe disposal of the pesticide in the three warehouses, Agriculture Minister K. P. Mohanan had told presspersons here on Saturday.

The corporation had carried out the aerial spraying twice a year from 1978 to 2001 on its cashew estates in 11 panchayat limits. A court in Kanhangad banned it followed by the Kerala High Court in 2003.

However, the unutilised stock of around 1,600 litres has been kept in the three warehouses. The prolonged storage began to corrode the barrels, causing fear.

The Hindu, 18 June, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3541325.ece


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