Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
- Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found.
- Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network, found there to be an estimated 402-433m cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning of farmers and farm workers every year.
- Based on a worldwide farming population of 934 million, this means approximately 46% of farmers are being poisoned every year.
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- Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found.
- Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network, found there to be an estimated 402-433m cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning of farmers and farm workers every year.
- Based on a worldwide farming population of 934 million, this means approximately 46% of farmers are being poisoned every year.
Sources: Guardian