Ban a deadly chemical
Pesticides like endosulfan, a highly toxic, outdated chemical used to grow crops from cotton to rice, have harmful effects on aquatic systems, people, fish, bees, birds and other wildlife. The effects can be swift and devastating. Mass deaths of fish have been documented in five continents after endosulfan has run-off fields into streams and rivers
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Over the past 4 years, since the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) successfully campaigned to ban endosulfan from use in Cambodia, EJF has pressed for the global eradication of endosulfan, one of the world�s deadliest pesticides.
Endosulfan is an immediate danger to the health of humans, wild and aquatic life.
Endosulfan is a threat to the environment.
Endosulfan is a persistent problem that has long-term effects on hormones, the immune system and reproduction of both humans and wildlife.
Endosulfan is used primarily to kill insects and mites on crops including tea, coffee, cotton, fruits, vegetables, soya, rice and grains. Applied to cotton grown in 28 countries, endosulfan is one of the most widely-used cotton pesticides.
Endosulfan is a highly toxic, outdated chemical, the safe use of which cannot be guaranteed in many of the developing countries where it is still used. Worse still, endosulfan, like DDT, is an organochlorine and persists in the environment long after it has killed the target pests, leaving a deadly legacy for people and wildlife.
According to one farmer who observed birds and frogs dying following the consumption of insects sprayed with endosulfan:
�Fields smell awful two or three days after spraying because virtually every living thing has been killed and starts to rot�.
Governments should ban endolsulfan use immediately, and the international community should recognize the lethal long-term effects of this chemical by ensuring that it is included in the list of chemicals targeted for global elimination under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.
Support EJF. Let's get a ban on this deadly chemical.
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