An organophosphate's intention is to harm. It is an agro chemical made to kill pests plaguing maize, potato, bean and peanut crops, among others.
JOHANNESBURG - Designed to kill. That's how one expert has described the pesticide found in the bodies of six children who died in Naledi, Soweto last month.
An organophosphate's intention is to harm. It is an agro chemical made to kill pests plaguing maize, potato, bean and peanut crops, among others.Environmental NGO groundWork epidemiologist and toxicologist, Rico Euripidou, explained tothat terbufos contains neurotoxic chemicals that impact the way your neurological system normally works.
However, it is a vicious cycle - people use terbufos and other highly hazardous pesticides to curb rats and other pests, which are attracted to piles of uncollected rubbish. "There has been no case anywhere in the world of a pesticide being banned, and that ban affecting an agricultural economy. Alternatives are always found. South Africa has a tremendous opportunity to develop biological solutions and methods that can replace the demand for deadly chemicals in our food, agricultural and urban environments.
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