Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:00:25 GMT

Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalitiesAlmost 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. Continue reading...

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