Cheap pesticide, costly harvest: Kids genetically poisoned in India

Cheap, effective and highly toxic Endosulfan pesticide is banned in most countries, but still widely embraced by farmers in India. While the government claims there is no affordable alternative to the chemical, families are paying a high price. Until recently, India was one of the few countries in the world that allowed the use of Endosulfan. The agriculture ministry says there is no other cheap alternative to the powerful pesticide. But finally, after mounting pressure at home and abroad, the Supreme Court voted on an eight-week ban on the pesticide which is set to expire in mid-July. The use of the pesticide has resulted in serious consequences, with a whole generation of children suffering devastating health problems.
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[mgadafi]

endosulfan...indeed dangerous...same family with carbosulfan,anfuran...carbosul­fan and anfuran is still being used here in Malaysia...i think they can opt for cypermethrin 5.5% instead? (cheaper and less toxic)

[12TabulaRasa12]

great video

[notebook0student]

I think of DDT when someone mentioned genetic poisoning. DDT stays in animals and affects child birth I thought. It was before my time but I remember DDT from American history.

[docatomics]

...always talk to the bottom line of this kind of stupidity;

~with class action lawysuits

[SuperUncleruckus]

@zakuza92 better check their new video?

[ka39d6100]

@TheSpeckofdust humm... so u also suffer from identity crisis.... well wht identity can a moron have!!!??? for one thing i can clearly see is, you must have been beaten to shit by an indian, who made you eat ur own shit that now u r are puking it here...! poor u... get a life and stop pissing on urself n all over the house. it is disgusting

[truevoice08]

@signboyy Your describing an end result. Socialism is a system and there are socialist policies that move towards that system. Just because you don't get the end result you want doesn't mean its not socialism.

[signboyy]

@truevoice08

lol the whole point of socialism is to serve the majority, rather than the wealthiest minority, corporations and banks.

[dethica]

priya is so cute!

[truevoice08]

@signboyy 'socialist' countries are still being run by minority interests, they don't have to be banks.