On 3rd December 2008, activities to draw attention to the life threatening impacts of chemical pesticides such as Endosulfan, on people and the environment will be taking place across Asia and the Pacific.
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“Pesticides and Breast Cancer: A Wake Up Call”
written by PAN AP scientist and coordinator of PAN Aotearoa/New Zealand, Dr. Meriel Watts PhD.
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JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, SOIL & HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND (EST. 1941) PUBLISHERS OF ORGANIC NZ, AND SAFE FOOD CAMPAIGN INC, 15 DECEMBER 2008
NZ Bans Endosulfan
The coalition of groups that have long campaigned for the banning of the controversial pesticide endosulfan is extremely pleased that New Zealand's Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) has announced it will ban it....
ONLINE PETITION: AGAINST HUNGER AND PLUNDER IN THE SEAS OF CENTRAL PHILIPPINES
Please support fishersfolks' fight against off-shore mining
On 20th - 23rd October 2008, an international fact finding mission (IFFM) was organized by PAN AP, PCFS and FIDEC in Central Visayas, Philippines to look into the effects of off-shore oil and gas exploration. The IFFM team was...
STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE:
Italian Company to Invest Rs 4 cr in Orissa
JAJPUR, Dec 14: Isagro Asia Agro Chemical Private Limited, market leader in pesticide and insecticide products in India has targeted a total business volume of Rs 4 crore in Orissa during the next year. The Isogro Asia is wholly...
PAN NORTH AMERICA
Endosulfan spill causes major fish-kill in Brazil
On November 18, Brazil’s O Globo reports PDF, a “toxic wave" of the insecticide endosulfan poisoned the Paraiba do Sul river at the height of the spawning season. The spill killed fish and river animals, forced the shutdown of...
PEASANTS TO MARCH TOWARDS CONGRESS, AGAINST CARP EXTENSION
"Lower House will show its landlord color if it extends CARP", says KMP
Hundreds of members and supporters of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Peasant Movement of the Philippines ) would march in protest towards the House of Representatives on December 16 and 17 as it decides on whether...
REPORT BY THANAL
Thavinjal Grama Panchayth leads Cycle Rally calling for pesticide-free farming
Sri Benny Antony, Chairman, Standing Committee (Welfare), of Thavinjal Panchayth launched the cycle rally in observance of the No Pesticide Use Day. The programme (December 2-4, 2008) was organized by the Thavinjal Grama...
PRESS RELEASE BY LIVING FARMS, 3 DECEMBER 2008
BHOPAL - 24 YEARS LATER, AFTER EFFECTS CONTINUE TO KILL
Bhubaneswar: Today is the 24th year of the tragedy that overtook Bhopal in the early hours of December 3, 1984, a day that is since observed as the "No Pesticides Use Day". Forty two tonnes of Methyl Isocyanate gas leaked from...
PRESS RELEASE, 3 DECEMBER 2008
STOP Endosulfan! Stop Pesticides Poisonings!
On the occasion of global “No Pesticides Use Day” this 3rd December 2008, Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) calls for the global ban and phase out of the production and use of Endosulfan, one of the most...
PRESS RELEASE BY RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY AGAINST AGROCHEM TNCS (RESIST NETWORK), 28 NOVEMBER 2008
Biotechnology Center Won't Ensure Food Security!
A Biotechnology Center is not enough to provide food for the people nor will it boost the country's science and technology if it will merely serve the giant transnational corporations' interests. This is the statement of RESIST...
BY RAJ KUMAR & RUDRA BISWAS OF THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA, INDIA, NOVEMBER 26, 2008
Pesticide found in Bero samples
Ranchi, Nov. 25: The state forensic science laboratory (FSL) today confirmed that traces of a pesticide - endosulfan - was found in the milk and visceral samples collected after five students died at a Bero residential school.
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