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Protect Our Children

Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago. Pesticides in food and agriculture are responsible for the rise in a wide range of childhood diseases.

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Children’s Rights to a Pesticides-Free World

PAN Asia Pacific, in collaboration with its networks and partners, will commemorate June 5th World Environment Day as part of the annual campaign to Protect Our Children from Toxic Pesticides.

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Children are more vulnerable to pesticides

Compared to adults, children breathe more air, eat more food and drink more water per unit of body weight, which leads to greater exposure in a pesticide-contaminated environment. Early life exposure can damage their still-developing brain and nervous system, disrupting mental and physiological growth.

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Impacts of Pesticides on Children

A toddler reaching towards bottles of household chemicals

Acute Poisoning

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Birth Defects

A young girl in a headscarf undergoing cancer treatment

Cancer

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Asthma, Allergies and Immune System Problems

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Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

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Neuro Developmental and Behavioral Disorders

1-km pesticide-free buffer zone

Schools are meant to be safe sanctuaries for children. But children in schools are being exposed to pesticides via aerial spraying and spray drift. PANAP is pushing for governments to set up pesticide-free buffer zones around schools.

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What are the 20 Terrible Pesticides That Are Toxic To Children?

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Publications

Young and Poisoned (2019): a documentary by PAN Asia Pacific

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