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Pesticide Health Impacts in Developing Countries
Authors:
Aiwerasia V. F. Ngowi a;
Catharina Wesseling bc;
Leslie London d
| Affiliations: | a Pesticide Environmental Management Centre, Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Arusha, Tanzania |
| b Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica | |
| c Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| d Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa |
DOI:
10.1081/E-EPM-120042129
Editor:
David Pimentel;
Published in:
Encyclopedia of Pest Management
Encyclopedia of Pest Management
Published on:
15 August 2006
Subject:
Pest Management;
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Abstract
The use of potentially hazardous chemicals is increasing in developing countries whose populations have the least capacity to protect themselves. Hundreds of thousands of people die annually from the effects of use, misuse, or accidental exposures to pesticides.1 Developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America comprise more than 75% of the total world population, use 25% of the world's pesticides, yet account for 99% of deaths caused by these toxins.2
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| Keywords: Pesticides; Health impact; Poisoning; Surveillance; Regulation; Developing countries |
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