{"id":334490,"date":"2025-04-26T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T13:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=334490"},"modified":"2025-05-01T13:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:03:35","slug":"chlorpyrifos-pesticide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chlorpyrifos-pesticide\/","title":{"rendered":"Chlorpyrifos Pesticide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Indian civil societies have called for an immediate ban on chlorpyrifos in the upcoming <strong>2025 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COP).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-335144 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chlorpyrifos-Pesticide.png?resize=525%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chlorpyrifos Pesticide\" width=\"525\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chlorpyrifos-Pesticide.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chlorpyrifos-Pesticide.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chlorpyrifos-Pesticide.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chlorpyrifos-Pesticide.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Chlorpyrifos Pesticide<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>organophosphate pesticide<\/strong> widely used in India to <strong>control a variety of insect pests<\/strong> in agriculture.<\/li>\n<li>It is classified as \u2018<strong>moderately hazardous\u2019<\/strong> by the <strong>World Health Organization<\/strong> and continues to be used in India on a variety of crops.<\/li>\n<li>It is approved for\u00a0use on 18 crops<strong> (under Insecticides Act, 1968) <\/strong>in India\u00a0despite banned or restricted in over 40 countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advocacy to ban:<\/strong> India\u2019s <strong>Pesticide Action Network<\/strong> <strong>(PAN)<\/strong> is advocating for an immediate ban on chlorpyrifos under <strong>Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Basel Convention (1989)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>international treaty<\/strong> that was designed <strong>to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations<\/strong> and specifically <strong>to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It does <strong>not<\/strong> address the movement of <strong>radioactive waste<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Rotterdam Convention (2004)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rotterdam Convention on <strong>Prior Informed Consent Procedures (PIC)<\/strong> entered into force in <strong>2004<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is an <strong>international treaty<\/strong> designed to facilitate <strong>informed decision-making by countries with regard to trade in hazardous chemicals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stockholm Convention (2004)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a global treaty aimed at <strong>protecting human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Convention entered into <strong>force on May 17, 2004<\/strong>, and has been ratified by <strong>over 152 countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>&#8211; India ratified the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention in 2006. Both the conventions are legally binding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian civil societies have called for an immediate ban on chlorpyrifos in the upcoming 2025 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COP). About Chlorpyrifos Pesticide It is an organophosphate pesticide widely used in India to control a variety of insect pests in agriculture. 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