Editorial - Pesticides News 42
On 3 December 1998 the global Pesticide Action Network (PAN) launched the NO Pesticides Use Day in commemoration of the hundreds who died, and the thousands who suffered the disaster at Bhopal. The Day draws attention to the life threatening impacts of chemical pesticides on people and the environment. The alarming consolidation of the pesticides and seeds industries and the aggressive marketing of herbicide-resistant crops is leading to a dramatic increase in pesticide use in developing countries, and an accelerated dependence on pesticide use world-wide.
