Acute Pesticide Poisoning in Asia: A Four-Country Review

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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.