News / Rayyan Hanif - 5 years ago
WHO Seeks Ban on Lethal Pesticides as Agrochemicals Behind 20% of Worl ..
As pesticide poisoning becomes the most common method of suicide in some countries, particularly in the developing world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends abandoning the most toxic agrochemicals and replacing them with alternatives that would be less harmful for humans, with critics doubting that this "attack" on the industry would help reduce the suicide rate as there are plenty of other ways to take own life