Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 34
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Water contamination can be equally damaging. In Guatemala, for example, contamination of the Pasión River with the pesticide malathion, used on palm oil plantations, killed thousands of fish and affected 23 species of fish. This in turn deprived 12,000 people in 14 communities of their primary source of food and livelihood.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Food & Nutrition
Health
Water & Sanitation
Year
2017
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/48, para. 34.