Pesticide Safety for Rural Communities

Villages in which farmers use pesticides need collection tanks with impervious linings, in which left over spray solution and wash water can be flocculated and degraded with microbial cultures.

The chemical and biological oxygen demands on run off water that enters underwater aquifers are significant causes of chronic exposure.

A report on how this affects rural communities, especially women, children and farm labor has been retrieved on January 24 2006 from
<http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=91828>