Pesticides Poison Nearly Half of World’s Farmers Each Year – Study

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More than 400 million cases of unintentional acute poisoning of pesticides occur every year among farmers and agricultural workers, according to the work published in the Swiss journal "Frontiers in Public Health".

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Nearly half of the world's farmers are poisoned by pesticides each year, according to a study published Wednesday, September 2, in the journal Frontiers in Public Health. Using publicly available data from 2006 to 2023, the study also revealed that approximately 11,000 deaths occur annually due to pesticide poisoning, with nearly 60% of these deaths occurring in India.

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Nearly half of the world's farmers and agricultural workers are estimated to suffer acute, unintentional pesticide poisoning each year The post Nearly one in two farmers is poisoned by pesticides appeared first on in.gr.

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Research based on data collected worldwide leads to an estimate that 402-433 million cases of acute, unintentional poisoning are recorded annually - About 11,000 people lose their lives each yearNearly half of farmers and agricultural workers worldwide experience acute poisoning from pesticides each year, according to a new study that documents the extent of a problem with significant public health implications. The research, commissioned by the…

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Those who buy their food in the supermarket rarely see who sprays it. Yet nearly half of all farmers and farmworkers worldwide suffer acute pesticide poisoning every year — not a chronic, insidious effect, but headaches, nausea, vomiting, and skin rashes within a day of spraying...