Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 20
Párrafo
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Examples of exposure owing to proximity to plantations include Costa Rica, where children living close to banana plantations were found to be exposed to high levels of insecticides. In India, inhabitants of the Padre village in the State of Kerala, located near cashew plantations, were found to suffer from high rates of illness and death that have been linked to the highly hazardous pesticide endosulfan; disability rates among inhabitants are reportedly 73 per cent higher than the overall rates for the entire state.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Food & Nutrition
Health
Personas afectadas
Children
Año
2017
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/48, para. 20.