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Comment
. 2021 Oct 27;21(1):1943.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11941-z.

Response to: "letter to the editor regarding the article "the global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review"" by Dunn et al. 2021 in BMC public health

Wolfgang Boedeker  1 , Meriel Watts  2 , Peter Clausing  3 , Emily Marquez  4
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Response to: "letter to the editor regarding the article "the global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review"" by Dunn et al. 2021 in BMC public health

Wolfgang Boedeker et al. BMC Public Health. .

Abstract

In a correspondence to BMC Public Health, Dunn et al. (Dunn SE, Reed J and Neumann C. BMC Public Health (n.d)) respond to our review on the occurrence of unintentional, acute pesticide poisoning (UAPP). Based on a systematic review and further data sources we estimated that about 385 million cases of UAPP occur annually world-wide including around 11,000 fatalities (Boedeker W. et al. BMC Public Health:1875, 2020).

Keywords: Agriculture; Farmer; Farmworker; Herbicide; Insecticide; Morbidity; Mortality; Occupational; Pesticide; Poisoning.

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Conflict of interest statement

The review has been commissioned by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN). PAN is a network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 90 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. PAN North America and PAN Asia Pacific support this review financially by assigning staff members (EM) and consultants (MW). PC and WB are former members of the board of the Pesticide Action Network (PAN Germany) without remuneration.

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