Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

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1. Wed, 2 September 2026

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   • The Guardian World06:00first to report
     Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

     Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found. Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network , found there to be an estimated 402-433m cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning of farmers and farm workers every year. Continue reading...

2. Thu, 3 September 2026

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   • iRozhlas (Czechia)10:30
     Pesticidy otráví každý rok na celém světě polovinu zemědělců, zjistili experti. Způsobují tisíce úmrtí

     Přibližně polovina všech zemědělců zažije každý rok otravu pesticidy. Vyplývá to ze studie Hnutí proti pesticidům (Pesticide Action Network), která vyšla v časopise Frontiers in Public Health. Pesticidy podle ní způsobují desítky tisíc úmrtí ročně. Objevují se i výzkumy naznačující spojitost mezi kontaktem s pesticidy a výskytem Parkinsonovy choroby, píše deník The Guardian.

   • France Info (France)13:20
     Près d'un agriculteur sur deux est intoxiqué aux pesticides chaque année dans le monde, selon une étude

     Plus de 400 millions de cas d'intoxications aiguë non intentionnelles aux pesticides surviennent tous les ans parmi les agriculteurs et travailleurs agricoles, selon les travaux publiés dans la revue suisse "Frontiers in Public Health".

3. Mon, 7 September 2026

   4 reports
   • N1 Info (Croatia)05:26
     Šokantni podaci o trovanju pesticidima: Gotovo svaki drugi poljoprivrednik osjeti posljedice

     Između 402 i 433 milijuna slučajeva akutnog trovanja pesticidima događa se među poljoprivrednicima i poljoprivrednim radnicima diljem svijeta svake go

   • Index.hr (Croatia)05:47
     Svijet troši sve više pesticida. Najviše stradaju poljoprivrednici u Aziji i Africi

     NOVA studija otkriva da se gotovo polovica svjetskih poljoprivrednika godišnje otruje pesticidima. Unatoč naporima, upotreba pesticida raste, a najteže su pogođene zemlje južne Azije.

   • tportal (Croatia)07:58
     Nova studija šokirala brojkama: Pesticidi povezani sa stotinama milijuna trovanja godišnje

     Čak 402 do 433 milijuna slučajeva nenamjernog akutnog trovanja pesticidima moglo bi se svake godine dogoditi među poljoprivrednicima i drugim radnicima u poljoprivredi diljem svijeta, pokazuje nova studija. Istraživači procjenjuju da je pogođeno oko 46 posto globalne poljoprivredne populacije, upozoravajući da se velik broj slučajeva nikada službeno ne evidentira

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)13:02
     Over 400M acute pesticide poisonings occur worldwide each year: Study

     Researchers estimate around 46% of world’s 934M farmers are affected annually, with southern Asia bearing the heaviest burden