Can You Love the Sinners ‘UPA & Pawar?

Endosulphan is a pesticide with acute toxicity. It accumulates in the human body and disrupts the endocrine system i.e. synthesis, secretion, transport, binding, action, or elimination of natural hormones in the body that are responsible for the maintenance of homeostasis (normal cell metabolism), reproduction, development, and/or behavior. Anyone with even peripheral knowledge of biology can appreciate the potential for damage.That kind of damage is not limited to the patient. It also gets transmitted to the next generation because the bioaccumulation can cause genetic mutation much like radioactive elements and chemicals.

When most of the countries have banned the use of Endosufan, Mr. Pawar and his UPA government wanting to conduct further study on the risks posed by the pesticide clearly demonstrates their interest in safeguarding the Endosufan producers.

India's share in the global Endosulfan market is over 70 percent with an annual production of 12 million liters valued at Rs 4,500 crore. Exports of the chemical are valued at Rs 180 crore.
Instead of taking stern action towards banning the pesticide, Pawar went on to blame the farmers for spraying the product on the crop and said; “That might be the reason for the ill-effect on the people”.

Here is what an activist had to say; “It is not a sin for Governments to have commercial interests, but Governments should not accord more value to commerce than the life of the people for whom they exist. Why is this pesticide more important to Government of India than its people?”

I am sure many have heard the phrase "love the sinner, but hate the sin". But what does it mean to "hate the sin"? More importantly, can anyone really just hate the sin while not hating the person, the establishment and its guardians who commit such atrocious sins?

This decision to a large extent is in our hands, the people who time and again elect the same leaders and the same party to power.

India will not ban Endosulfan pesticide, says Sharad Pawar
India’s Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has refused to ban Endosulfan, a chemical used widely in India as an insecticide. He blamed farmers for the disastrous effects of this pesticide on people. For instance, Kasargod district of Kerala had reported deaths and permanent disabilities due to the use of this chemical.
The article can be read at: http://www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=Ws220211AGRICULTURE.asp

Endosulfan tragedy in Kerala
The Endosulfan tragedy in Kerala’s northernmost Kasaragod district has begun to cause what scientists now call a “Hiroshima syndrome” as women are refusing to beget children and opting for abortion if they become pregnant. They fear that the babies they beget may have serious congenital disorders as the mothers of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had feared decades ago. They are seeing babies born with congenital problems like oversized heads, undersized bodies, convoluted limbs and cancers everywhere in the area. Nobody can assure them that this would not be the case with their babies.
But Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar and the UPA Government, allegedly under pressure from the pesticide manufacturing lobby, are still unconvinced about the evil effects of Endosulfan. As late as on Monday, the Union Ministry of Agriculture stated that it was almost impossible to impose a nationwide ban on Endosulfan. It gave two reasons for this reluctance: No effective substitute has been found for Endosulfan so far and no States other than Kerala and Karnataka have demanded a ban. The pro-Endosulfan lobby is arguing that there is no proof of any direct connection between the pesticide and the health disorders found in Kasaragod and southern Karnataka despite the findings of various agencies including those of the Government to prove the link. “The Government and Mr Pawar do not want to see the truth. I can wake you up if you are asleep. But I cannot do it if you are pretending sleep,” said Padmanabhan, an anti-Endosulfan activist in Kumbala, Kasaragod.

The article can be read at: http://www.dailypioneer.com/332953/%E2%80%98Hiroshima-syndrome%E2%80%99-in-Kerala.html
You can read about endosulphan at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosulphan