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- The Pesticide Action Network study finds India accounts for nearly 60% of pesticide-related deaths.
- Burkina Faso records the highest national poisoning rate, with almost 84% of its farmers affected.
- The study estimates 402-433 million acute pesticide poisoning cases annually among 934 million farm workers.
- Authors urge immediate UN implementation to phase out highly hazardous pesticides.
- France, Germany and Italy now recognize Parkinson’s as an occupational disease for farmers.
