PESTICIDE/SOLVENT EXPOSURE
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIEAT least one million cases of pesticide poisonings occur annually worldwide, killing thousands of people, with children being especially at risk, a United Nations (UN) agency joint-report has claimed.The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) say most poisonings occur in developing country rural areas, with poor countries accounting for 99% of these deaths, while using just 25% of the planet's pesticides. The report notes pesticide poisoning can occur via ...
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