Tag: International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 05:54 UTC

  FAO calls for withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides in developing countries

  

  The tragic incident in Bihar, India, where 23 school children died after eating a school meal contaminated with monocrotophos, is an important reminder to speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from markets in developing countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.