CONDITIONSDILEEP KUMAR OF PARAQUAT A D USE IN INDIA AprilApril 2015 2015// 1 CONDITIONS OF PARAQUAT USE IN INDIA CONTACTS Pesticide Action Network (PAN) India IUF/UITA Vilangottil House 8 Rampe du pont rouge, House No. 104 1213 Petit Lancy, Switzerland Prayaga, Warriam Road Thalore P.O. Thrissur, Phone +41 22 793 2233 Kerala, India Fax +41 22 793 2238 PIN-680306
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[email protected] [email protected] www.evb.ch www.panap.net Frontpage A farmer with a hand operated sprayer (West Bengal). Often paraquat and other pesticides are applied with this kind of sprayer. IMPRINT Author Dileep Kumar A. D. | Edited by Sreedevi Lakshmikutty | Photos Dileep Kumar A. D.: Frontpage, page 17, 25; Kondala Reddy: page 5, 30; IUF: page 7, 9, 29 | Design Karin Hutter CONDITIONS OF PARAQUAT USE IN INDIA April 2015 // 3 FOREWORD BY THE EDITORS For many years, IUF, Pesticide Action Network and the trinsic hazards and a realistic assessment of the common Berne Declaration have been asking governments for conditions of use. a global ban on paraquat, and also calling on industry to The editors would like to thank the main author, Dileep stop the production and sale of this highly hazardous Kumar A. D., the whole team of PAN India, and all the oth- pesticide.