The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) reveals in this telling report on Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Jamaica that HHPs account for 32% of the registered active ingredients in the country. Other countries have banned 66 pesticide active ingredients registered in Jamaica, including three pesticides not approved in the European Union.
This report Promoviendo el paradigma agroecológico en el camino hacia la eliminación de los plaguicidas altamente peligrosos from Centro de Estudios sobre tecnologías apropiadas de la Argentina (CETAAR) provides an overview of the Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) situation in Argentina and its associated problems. The report then zeroes in on promoting the agroecological paradigm as the path to eliminating HHPs with a discussion on the national and local policies and practices that support ecological agriculture.
40% of the total number of pesticides registered in Mali are considered highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). Find out more about the HHPs situation in Mali on this report from Action pour la Conservation de l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (ACEDD). ACEDD also provides recommendations for better management of chemical pesticides and promotion of alternatives in the country.
This project relates to Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) have been developed and increasingly used by farmers in Niger since the beginning of the last decade. Association Vie & Développement Kowa Murna (AVD-Kowa Murna) documents in this report such biological alternatives that are used. The report ends with recommendations on how to promote HHP alternatives in the country further.
This project relates to Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Este projeto se propôs a trabalhar a temática dos agrotóxicos e agroecologia com os profissionais de saúde da Atenção Básica no Brasil, do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Para atingir este objetivo foram elaboradas 4 cartilhas, que possuem um respectivo manual instrutivo para aprofundar as informações sobre os conteúdos das mesmas. Portanto, ao todo foram elaborados 8 materiais (4 cartilhas e 4 manuais instrutivos).
El uso de plaguicidas está reconocido como un peligro para la salud humana; pero no se limita solo a este dominio; estos también afectan la salud en los dominios: animal, planta, suelo y ecosistema. Los cinco dominios están interrelacionados y lo que suceda en uno afectará la salud de los otros.
Panel recommends many household chemicals and pesticides be exempt from scrutiny and agricultural chemicals’ approvals be fast-tracked
Saturday, 03 April 2021
(The Guardian, AUSTRALIA)
Environment and health groups have fiercely criticised proposals to relax the regulation of chemicals and pesticides in Australia, saying they are “totally at odds” with public health and safety expectations.
This document looks into Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHP) in Panama. HHP is a new regulatory category emerging within the context of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, known by its acronym SAICM, and the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management, both of which are voluntary frameworks.
