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Do Targeted Bans of Insecticides to Prevent Deaths from Self-Poisoning Result in Reduced Agricultura

 
 
 
 
 
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The pesticides monocrotophos, methamidophos, and endosulfan were a very
common cause of severe poisoning in Sri Lanka during the 1980s and early 1990s, before they were
banned in 1995 and 1998. Now, the most commonly used insecticides are the less toxic World
Health Organization Class II organophosphorus pesticides and carbamates. These bans were
followed by a large reduction in both fatal poisonings and suicide in Sri Lanka.

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