Endosulfan Global Conspiracy and a Kerala Fraud Story

About the book:- The book, a venture on investigative journalism, questions the version created by the media and the Environmental NGOs that the aerial spraying of endosulfan had caused widespread diseases and deaths in Kasargod in North Malabar. All the pre- existing diseases in the area were described as Endosulfan diseases by anti-pesticide activists. Though it was described as an event next only to the Bhopal gas tragedy, the controversy was the fallout of a global conspiracy hatched by the European Union to sell its patented pesticides. The whole episode boils down to competition among pesticide manufacturers of the EU to create its hegemony in the global market. The conferences on Multilateral Environmental Agreements were manipulated by the European Union. Endosulfan was phased out at the Conference of Parties at the Stockholm convention in 2011 by flouting the rules of the convention. About The Author:- Kalathil Ramakrishnan, a Kerala based independent journalist, joined the Indian Express as its staff correspondent at Kannur bureau in 1989 after resigning his job with a Government owned financial company. He had worked as the district correspondent and bureau chief of the New Indian Express in Kasargod district from 2001 to 2012. He covered the endosulfan controversy which was widely reported in the media in the country and abroad. Some of his reports had been adopted by prestigious media publications in the country. Many of his stories appeared in the Indian Express in all its editions across the country Contents:- CONTENTS:- Preface and Acknowledgements 7 1. Introduction : It All Happened in this Wise 15 2. Miseries of Kasargod Villagers 27 3. Abhorrent Social Customs and Strange Diseases 43 4. An Experiment With Untruth 59 5. Fraudulent Studies by Scientific Institutions 73 6. This was What Happended at the POPRC Conventions 83 7. An Aggressive Agitation 99 8. Kerala Chief Minister’s Fast Helps the European Union 115 9. Disinformation Campaign and Facts 133 10. Scientific Studies and Census Data Dispel the Lies 145 11. Endosulfan : Gas in the Media 159 12. Social Impact of a Ruthless Campaign 173 13. Doctors Under Pressure in Pesticide Sprayed Area 183 14. NHRC Initiates Suo Motu Case 199 15. Dubey Panel Flays NIOH Report 211 16. Epidemiological Study by Kozhikode Medical College 227 17. Government Keeps a Stony Silence 239 18. DYFI Moves the Supreme Court 251 19. Supreme Court Imposes ad-Interim Interim Ban on Endosulfan 265 20. Endosulfan : Lessons To Learn 281 References / Documents 289 Index 295 Print The Title 'Endosulfan Global Conspiracy and a Kerala Fraud Story written/authored/edited by Kalathil Ramakrishnan', published in the year 2015. The ISBN 9789380222400 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 306 (Pages). The publisher of this title is GenNext Publication. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is International Studies. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-