WORLD HEALTH STATISTICS QUARTERLY
Vol.
43, No.
3, 1990,
pages 139-44
ACUTE PESTICIDE POISONING:
A MAJOR GLOBAL HEALTH PROBLEM
J.
Jeyaratnama
Pesticides are a group of chemicals used predominantly in agriculture and against vectors in
vector-borne...
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WORLD HEALTH STATISTICS QUARTERLY
Vol.
43, No.
3, 1990,
pages 139-44
ACUTE PESTICIDE POISONING:
A MAJOR GLOBAL HEALTH PROBLEM
J.
Jeyaratnama
Pesticides are a group of chemicals used predominantly in agriculture and against vectors in
vector-borne diseases such as malaria, filariasis, etc.
There are several definitions of a pesticide;
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1) defines a pesticide as any
substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest,
including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing
harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage or marketing of food,
agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs or which may be
administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their
bodies.
The term includes substances intended for use as a plant-growth regulator, defoliant,
de
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