Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 23
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Traditional food sources of indigenous peoples are regularly found to contain high levels of pesticides. This is also true in the Arctic, because chemicals travel northward through long-range environmental transport in wind and water, bioaccumulating and biomagnifying in traditional foods such as marine mammals and fish. Indigenous peoples in the Arctic are found to have hazardous pesticides in their bodies that were never used near their communities, and suffer from above average rates of cancer and other diseases.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Environment
Food & Nutrition
Health
Personnes concernées
Ethnic minorities
Année
2017
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/48, para. 23.