Bosco Acope and his family tend their farm in Atek, Uganda, where the government's use of DDT has threatened their livelihood.
Growing up as a child here along the muggy, isolated plains of northern Uganda, life was not easy. His parents were poor. He did not attend secondary school. Many of his friends died from bouts of malaria, a scourge that has plagued this agrarian society.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/insecticide-makes-comeback-uganda-must-weigh-its-costs
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/josh-kron
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-york-times-new-york
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uganda
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ddt
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/insecticide
