WHO: Protecting public health is a key factor to consider whether Paraquat should be banned

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WHO: Protecting public health is a key factor to consider whether Paraquat should be banned

By Thai PBS

 

 

Paraquat has been grouped as “Moderately hazardous” by the World Health Organization (WHO)’s classification of pesticides by hazardous.

 

This status has been interpreted as “not cause much of a hazard” and used as supportive evidence by pesticide manufacturers to oppose the ban on paraquat in many countries including Thailand where the decision on banning Paraquat is under process.

 

However, under this classification, there is a footnote specifically for Paraquat which rarely mentioned. In an exclusive interview with Thai PBS on March 2, Carolyn Vickers, WHO’s Team Leader on Chemical Safety, recommended that protecting public health should be the key factor when considering whether Paraquat should be banned.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/protecting-public-health-key-factor-consider-whether-paraquat-banned/

 

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[Tilacme]

I have no faith in WHO, 2 glasses of wine a day makes you a chronic alcoholic. Bunch of hypocrites.