Open AccessAn Urgent Need to Restrict Access to Pesticides Based on Human Lethality
Author(s) -
Matthew M. Miller,
Kavi Bhalla
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000358
Subject(s) - lethality , pesticide , environmental health , medicine , sri lanka , poison control , agriculture , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , toxicology , medical emergency , environmental planning , geography , biology , pathology , ecology , tanzania
Matthew Miller and Kavi Bhalla discuss new research findings from Andrew Dawson and colleagues on the human toxicity of pesticides in Sri Lanka, and call for urgent reclassification of agricultural pesticides to help reduce suicides by poisonings.
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