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Sep 2026
Worldwide unintentional acute pesticide poisonings: reassessing the occupational and non-occupational burden
Background Human poisoning by pesticides has long been seen as a severe public health problem. As early as 1990, a task force of the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that about one million unintentional pesticide poisonings occur annually, leading to approximately 20,000 deaths. In 2020, a systematic review fo...
W. Boedeker, M. Watts, P. Clausing et al.
· Frontiers in Public Health · 2 citations