- Activism
Every year thousands of agricultural workers and small farmers are killed by pesticides; millions more are made ill. To commemorate Workers Memorial Day, the International Union of Food Workers is joining forces with Pesticides Action Network (PAN) and the Environmental Justice Foundation to target endosulfan. 2008 year presents two key opportunities to engage the international community in placing greater restrictions on the sale, distribution and use of endosulfan.
From October 13-17, 2008 the POPs Review Committee will be meeting in Geneva to assess the potential to include endosulfan under the Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. An affirmative response from the Review Committee would trigger consideration at the political level, leading to the potential global elimination of endosulfan in 2009. Following this, from October 27-31, 2008 the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (PIC CoP4) will convene in Rome to decide on the inclusion of endosulfan in Annex III. This represents an unprecedented opportunity to press the international community to impose greater safeguards on the sale and distribution of endosulfan.
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