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High Court Directs Centre To Launch Awareness Campaign About Ill Effects Of Pesticides

March 6, 2014 by AmbitionIAS Leave a Comment

High Court Directs Centre To Launch Awareness Campaign About Ill Effects Of Pesticides

  • Delhi High Court decrees Centre to create awareness about ill effects of residual of pesticides in vegetables and fruits.
  • Focus areas of campaign: Malls, mandis, cinema halls, retail shops and other public places.
  • The matter was heard suo moto by court taking cognisance of news reports in Delhi.
  • The court also studied Sarita Bhalla Commitee report which was constituted to study usage of pesticides by Indian farmers.
  • Ill effects of pesticides: Headache, Nausea, Damages Kidney and Liver, Affects fertility etc..
  • The report has said that Indian farmers use 750 times more pesticides than permissible limit according to European Standards.

Exams Perspective

  1. Effects of Pesticides on Humans and Animals
  2. Endosulfan Case
  3. Sarita Bhalla Commitee report

Filed Under: Current Affairs Tagged With: Health Hazards of Pesticides, Pesticides, Sarita Bhalla Committee

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