Endosalfan

it is apparent that endosulfan is extremely harmful to human and this can see from Northern Kerala. But unfortunately it not yet proven scientifically. So  even the international conference also  resisted the banning of endosulfan along with the comment of Union Ministers. But no one can reject the truth and plight of those affected by this poisonous chemical While accepting this reality many European countries resisting to use this chemical in their farms. Another fact is that the Kerala based company Hindustan insecticides Ltd. is the major producer of endosulfan and it constitutes 40% global share.

Lastly a news came that in Karnataka it is widely used in cardamom farms.

Now lets consider some victims of endosalfan......

Some of these people believed that it is because of the angry of an evil deity and they offered different things and performed Theyyam to calm down this deity as superstitiously. Poor people - didnt know what was the exact reason

  

Sruthi---age 7. living in vaninagar area of Padre Village. The school is

     

barely 100m from the house. She desperately wants to go there. But the

hilly terrain of the Western ghat and her physical handicap wont let her.

She was born with three deformed limbs- a congenital anomaly. She

hopes around one leg. Her mother died of cancer. Her father is a

farmer.

Narayana Naik--- age 22, his mental and physical growth is retarded.

At the age of 20, he stands at about three feet. He has skin disorder too.

He can make conversation with rudimentary matter. His sister is

suffering from epilepsy.

Ashraf--- age 20, lives in Bellur. His height is only 3 feet, his chest and

back is bulging in front. This gives him difficulty to travel and also to

lay down.

Mlinga Maniyani--- age 34, his finger are bent for the last 15 years.

Sujatha--- she is both mentally and physically handicapped.

Udhaya--- age 11. he cannot crawl or walk and is mentally retarded.

When he was at 1, his parents realized him desirably. He is suffering

from epilepsy.

Kittana---age 21, has cerebral palsy. Brother Sridhar’s mental growth is

retarded. The Kodenkeri stream flows next to their house. Across the

stream lives S Narayan Bhat, with his two nephews suffering from

mental retardness and a 35 year old sister who has epilepsy. Kittana and

Sridhar who are handicapped are looked after by their mother. Kittana

cant eat or walk without help (Resident of swarga area).

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Subramanya Bhat--- he has dangerous skin diseases. This similar to

psoriasis. All children are suffering from asthma( Resident of Swarga

area ).

Sainaba--- 8 month baby of Muladka Lakshman Veedu. She couldn’t

move her head because of over growth of head. She was always crying

due to the pain of her head.

Sujith--- age 14, living in Muliyar panchayat in Bovikkanam. He has

skin disease. He cannot continuously study due to this reason.

Mahesh Babu--- Vaninagar resident, studying Vaninagar School. He

has special fingers both in hands and legs.

Balasubramanyan--- He was an epilepsy patient by birth. He died

recently of his disease. He was a resident of Bovikkanam.

Now also people in this region are suffered by different type of cancers, skin diseases, physical and mental disorders. It is totally cruel if we go with its youth in the name of lack of scientific evidence.