Pesticide poisoning in the developing world--a minimum pesticides list
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Pesticide poisoning in the developing world--a minimum pesticides list. / Eddleston, Michael; Karalliedde, Lakshman; Buckley, Nick; Fernando, Ravindra; Hutchinson, Gerard; Isbister, Geoff; Konradsen, Flemming; Murray, Douglas; Piola, Juan Carlos; Senanayake, Nimal; Sheriff, Rezvi; Singh, Surjit; Siwach, S B; Smit, Lidwien.
I: Lancet, Bind 360, Nr. 9340, 2002, s. 1163-7.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Pesticide poisoning in the developing world--a minimum pesticides list
AU - Eddleston, Michael
AU - Karalliedde, Lakshman
AU - Buckley, Nick
AU - Fernando, Ravindra
AU - Hutchinson, Gerard
AU - Isbister, Geoff
AU - Konradsen, Flemming
AU - Murray, Douglas
AU - Piola, Juan Carlos
AU - Senanayake, Nimal
AU - Sheriff, Rezvi
AU - Singh, Surjit
AU - Siwach, S B
AU - Smit, Lidwien
N1 - Keywords: Cause of Death; Developing Countries; Environmental Pollution; Humans; Occupational Diseases; Pesticides; Poisoning; Risk; Suicide
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In parts of the developing world, pesticide poisoning causes more deaths than infectious diseases. Use of pesticides is poorly regulated and often dangerous; their easy availability also makes them a popular method of self-harm. In 1985, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) produced a voluntary code of conduct for the pesticide industry in an attempt to limit the harmful effects of pesticides. Unfortunately, a lack of adequate government resources in the developing world makes this code ineffective, and thousands of deaths continue today. WHO has recommended that access to highly toxic pesticides be restricted--where this has been done, suicide rates have fallen. Since an Essential Drugs List was established in 1977, use of a few essential drugs has rationalised drug use in many regions. An analogous Minimum Pesticides List would identify a restricted number of less dangerous pesticides to do specific tasks within an integrated pest management system. Use of safer pesticides should result in fewer deaths, just as the change from barbiturates to benzodiazepines has reduced the number of deaths from pharmaceutical self-poisoning.
AB - In parts of the developing world, pesticide poisoning causes more deaths than infectious diseases. Use of pesticides is poorly regulated and often dangerous; their easy availability also makes them a popular method of self-harm. In 1985, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) produced a voluntary code of conduct for the pesticide industry in an attempt to limit the harmful effects of pesticides. Unfortunately, a lack of adequate government resources in the developing world makes this code ineffective, and thousands of deaths continue today. WHO has recommended that access to highly toxic pesticides be restricted--where this has been done, suicide rates have fallen. Since an Essential Drugs List was established in 1977, use of a few essential drugs has rationalised drug use in many regions. An analogous Minimum Pesticides List would identify a restricted number of less dangerous pesticides to do specific tasks within an integrated pest management system. Use of safer pesticides should result in fewer deaths, just as the change from barbiturates to benzodiazepines has reduced the number of deaths from pharmaceutical self-poisoning.
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 12387969
VL - 360
SP - 1163
EP - 1167
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
SN - 0140-6736
IS - 9340
ER -
ID: 9950830