FAO: Highly Hazardous Pesticides Should be Removed in Developing Countries
July 31, 2013| |
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls for the immediate withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from markets in developing countries after the tragic incident in Bihar, India where 23 school children died after eating a school meal contaminated with monocrotophos.
Monocrotophos is an organophosphorus pesticide that is considered highly hazardous by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO). Experience in many developing countries shows that the distribution and use of such highly toxic products very often poses a serious risk to human health and the environment.
Among international organizations, including FAO, WHO, and the World Bank, there is consensus that highly hazardous products should not be available to small scale farmers who lack knowledge and the proper sprayers, protective gear and storage facilities to manage such products appropriately.
See FAO's news release at http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/180968/icode/.
| |
Biotech Updates is a weekly newsletter of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization. It is distributed for free to over 22,000 subscribers worldwide to inform them about the key developments in biosciences, especially in biotechnology. Your support will help us in our mission to feed the world with knowledge. You can help by donating as little as $10.
-
See more articles:
-
News from Around the World
- FAO: Highly Hazardous Pesticides Should be Removed in Developing Countries
- 610 Scientific Articles Confirm Safety of Food and Feeds Derived from Genetically Modified Crops
- Two New Labs to be Launched for Africa's Agriculture
- Scientists Sequence Oil Palm's Genome
- New Study Suggests Genome Duplication Helps Plants Survive in Saline Soils
- Scientists Work to Sequence Coffee Genome
- NASA Scientists Use Satellites to Measure Plant Health
- Asian Food and Agribusiness Conference on Biotech and Global Competitiveness
- Malaysia to Cultivate Aerobic Rice in 2014
- New Paradigm for Food Security
- Stressed Plants Say it with Flowers
- UK Gov't Gives Funds for Rothamsted's Upgrade
- Scientists Discover the Secret of Plant Geometry
- New Technology Enables Crops to Take Nitrogen from Air
-
Research Highlights
- New Multiplex RTi-PCR Method for GMO Detection
- Dev't of Marker-free and RSV-resistant GM Rice using a Twin T-DNA System
-
Announcements
- EFSA Info Session on Applications - Technical Meeting with GMO Applicants
- Seed Industry Program 2013 in Hyderabad
-
Resources
- Country Facts and Trends
- New Website to Answer GMO Questions
-
Read the latest: - Biotech Updates (May 21, 2025)
- Gene Editing Supplement (April 30, 2025)
- Gene Drive Supplement (February 22, 2023)
-
Subscribe to BU: - Share
- Tweet