Acute Pesticide Poisoning in Asia: A Four-Country Review

  • Version
  • 1886 Download
  • 5.88 MB File Size
  • 1 File Count
  • September 22, 2023 Create Date
  • September 22, 2023 Last Updated

PANAP’s latest report on unintentional acute pesticide poisoning (UAPP) aims to shed light on the frequency of poisoning, pesticides causing them and conditions of use of these pesticides in four countries: Vietnam, Lao PDR, Bangladesh and India. The report analyses peer-reviewed studies, media coverage, self- and community-reporting, and finds that the prevalence of UAPP continues to rise in the four countries. New in this report is information on child poisoning, with data pertaining to rural children in Vietnam who are exposed via direct contact and drift, and data pertaining to the situation in India where deaths are reported, often caused by inadvertent ingestion of pesticide stored in the house. PANAP also offers overall recommendations and regulatory measures that should be taken by governments, agrochemical manufacturers, retailers and other actors to improve the health and wellbeing of rural people but also their economic situation, food security and our environment.


Download
FileAction
Acute-Pesticide-Poisoning-in-Asia-A-Four-Country-Review.pdfDownload 

Next Post

Discussion about this wpdmpro

Our Campaigns

Ban Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Pesticides are a major health and environmental threat that must be eliminated

Protect Our Children

How children are impacted by pesticides and how we can protect them

Agroecology In Action

The movement for an alternative to chemical-based, corporate agriculture

No Land, No Life

Communities fighting back against land and resource grabbing

Women Rise Up

Rural women assert their rights to to health, safe environment and sustainable livelihoods.

Archives