http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1032 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:36:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1032#comment-77962 Dr Satyabroto Banerji Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:23:42 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1032#comment-77962 Endosulfan can and should be used safely and judiciously. Each active ingredient has its own advantages and drawbacks. I feel that we should view both sides. Endosulfan is economical. It has a broad spectrum of activity. It has an engaging profile for pollinators, egg parasites and predators. It is a generic product. Off-target residues can be re-mediated chemically or through microbes. I have worked with it for decades, albeit with competitive interests for most of the time. Endosulfan bans are propagated by corporations that wish to promote neo-nicotinoids. Let us not become pawns in internecine battles between patent holders and generic producers.

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