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Pesticides could cost sub-Saharan Africa $90bn in illness bill, UN warns [1]

The potential cost of pesticide-related illnesses in sub-Saharan African between 2005 and 2020 could reach $90bn (£56bn), according to a UN report released on Wednesday highlighting the growing hea

Publication Date: 
07/09/2012
Guardian (UK) [2]
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Pesticides [3], Health Effects [4], Africa [5], Health [6], Environment [7], UNEP [8], Benzene [9], Asia [10], Leukaemia [11], China [12], Air Pollution [13], Waste Disposal [14], Food Security [15], Agriculture [16], Pesticide Use [17], Pesticides And Toxins [18]

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