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Replacing chemicals with agroecology increases Cambodian farmers’ income by four-folds
Despite the bans, restrictions and withdrawals of highly hazardous pesticides over the past few decades in Asia, many workers are still continuously being exposed to highly hazardous pesticides. A recent
UN Special Rapporteur agrees with PANAP’s “Replace Chemicals with Biology” in a legally binding global convention
The report of Hilal Elver, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food which was presented during the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) incorporated
PAN Vietnam Welcomes the Ban of Paraquat and 2,4-D
Updated 16.March.2017 Two weeks ago, the Vietnamese government officially announced an immediate ban on Syngenta’s paraquat, a highly hazardous pesticide (HHP) and Dow Chemicals’ 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), an organic compound
Global Management of Chemicals Beyond 2020
by Meriel Watts, PhD, PAN Asia Pacific Feb 19th 2017 When nearly 400 delegates met in Brasilia recently to discuss how to manage chemicals beyond 2020, there was a surprising
Global Governance of Hazardous Pesticides to Protect Children: Beyond 2020
Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific January 2017 This paper outlines PAN Asia Pacific’s concern about the impact of hazardous pesticides on children, and the need for greatly improved global governance
PANAP Submission to the UN SR on the Right to Food
(1) The use of pesticides has had detrimental effects not only on the environment but also on human health, both from direct and indirect exposure. What are the successful
Communities Push For Petition to keep pesticides out of schools in Asia
A petition demanding state governments to set up buffer zones around schools to protect children from the effects of pesticide drift was launched on November 20, 2016 on the occasion
Five Facts About Pesticides & Cancer
Early December, PANAP and civil society organisations together with cancer survivors and patients among others, convened for a two-day roundtable discussion on Affordable Health Care to address the issue of
Averting Bhopal-like tragedies for the livelihoods children rightfully deserve
Every year on December 3, we are reminded of the horrors of the Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, India that exposed more than 500,000 lives