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CONCLUSIONS / ACTIONS OF SOME OTHER GOVERNMENTS AUTHORITIES IN RESPECT OF ENDOSULFAN
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| | | BAN OF ENDOSULFAN COULD LEAD TO OTHER PROBLEMS Endosulfan has relatively low toxicity to many species of beneficial insects, mites and spiders (that is, oneswhich prey upon or parasitise damaging insect pests). Other chemicals, necessarily substituted for endosulfan, would kill beneficial insects leading to
population explosions of damaging pests which in turn would require more frequent sprays of harsher chemicals than if endosulfan had been used in the first place. Since endosulfan is from a different chemical class than almost all other available insecticides, its use is very important for slowing the development of insecticide resistance to the other chemicals. http://www.apvma.gov.au/chemrev/prsendo81.pdf
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| | | BAN OF ENDOSULFAN COULD LEAD TO OTHER PROBLEMS Loss of endosulfan would, therefore, also lead to more insecticide use due to increasing resistance among insect pests. The net result will be greater overall danger to agricultural workers and to the environment. http://www.apvma.gov.au/chemrev/prsendo81.pdf.
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| | | | CONSEQUENCES OF MISUSE / IGNORANCE | In one instance, due to extreme poverty villagers were found to be using empty pesticides containers for storage of food materials. They suffered from vomitting, altered sensorium and convulsions. http://www.nioh.org/occ_03-04.pdf
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| | | STRATEGY ADOPTED BY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES Governments of other countries have taken steps designed to reduce the inappropriate use of
endosulfan and to reduce the amount of endosulfan which is carried off farms into creeks and rivers. For example, US EPA has prescribed following mitigation measures: Agricultural Use Exposure Reduction Measures. Human Health Risk Mitigation. Dietary (food), Drinking water, Aggregate Risk Mitigation. Occupational Risk Mitigation. Agricultural Handler Risk Mitigation. Environmental Risk Mitigation etc. http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/endosulfan_red.pdf
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