Agriculture minister bans toxic pesticide tied to Soweto child deaths – The Mail & Guardian

Agriculture minister bans toxic pesticide tied to Soweto child deaths – The Mail & Guardian

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has banned the sale, acquisition, use and disposal of agricultural remedies containing terbufos, a highly toxic pesticide linked to the deaths of six Soweto children in 2024. The prohibition notice, published in the Government Gazette on 8 May under the Fertilisers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act of 1947, bars the acquisition, disposal, sale and use of agricultural remedies containi…