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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Pesticide, not in recommended list, a hit among farmers -Shishir Arya

Pesticide, not in recommended list, a hit among farmers -Shishir Arya

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published Published on Nov 24, 2017   modified Modified on Nov 24, 2017
-The Times of India

Nagpur: Monocrotophos, one of the pesticides used by majority of the victims, was removed from the list of recommended chemicals by Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR) much before spraying claimed over 40 lives in the region.

The premier research agency of the central government issues advisories related to use of pesticide combinations on the cotton crop. Considering its hazardous nature, monocrotophos-based chemicals were removed from the list. It is already banned for use on vegetable plants.

The pesticide, however, remained the top selling product till the deaths took place. Even the manufacturers' leaflets named cotton as a recommended crop on which monocrotophos could be used. The chemical is made by a number pesticide companies.

TOI secured leaflets of a couple of brands, one of it has major market share. The papers claimed monocrotophos to be useful on the cotton crop. Although leaflets carried a prominent warning that it has been banned on vegetables.

Dr V N Waghmare, acting director of CICR, told TOI that the chemical was deleted from the list of recommended pesticides due to its hazardous nature. It happened some years before the deaths took place. However, it is still being used by the farmers here.

Almost every farm worker or farmer who died due to pesticide poisoning had been founding using monocrotophos, apart from other chemicals.

On being asked if this meant that CICR had expressly issued instructions that monocrotophos should not be used, Waghmare said it was removed from the list. "Removal means that the pesticide should not be used. Since the chemical was not to be used, it was removed from list," said Waghmare.

"It also had an adverse impact on the cotton crop. Monocrotophos also acts as a growth booster. As the plant looks greener, it attracts sucking pests which leave the crop damaged," he said.

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The Times of India, 22 November, 2017, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/pesticide-not-in-recommended-list-a-hit-among-farmers/articleshow/61745071.cms


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