Pesticide Threat to Indonesians Alleged
From Reuters
JAKARTA, Indonesia —
The health of about 50 million Indonesians is threatened by the widespread use of pesticides, an environmental group told Parliament.
The head of the Assn. of Indonesian Enviromental Health Experts, Rajin Sinulingga, told a parliamentary hearing Monday that pesticide poisoning has increased dramatically over the last five years.
He said that at least half of Indonesia’s rural population of 100 million could be suffering from chronic poisoning.
Sinulingga did not say which pesticides are the most dangerous.
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