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Comment
. 2010 Oct 26;7(10):e1000358.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000358.

An urgent need to restrict access to pesticides based on human lethality

Matthew Miller  1 , Kavi Bhalla
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An urgent need to restrict access to pesticides based on human lethality

Matthew Miller et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Matthew Miller and Kavi Bhalla discuss new research findings from Andrew Dawson and colleagues on the human toxicity of pesticides in Sri Lanka, and call for urgent reclassification of agricultural pesticides to help reduce suicides by poisonings.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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