“Highly Hazardous Pesticides means pesticides that are acknowledged to present particularly high levels of acute or chronic hazards to health or environment according to internationally accepted classification systems such as WHO or GHS or their listing in relevant binding international agreements or conventions. In addition, pesticides that appear to cause severe or irreversible harm to health or the environment under conditions of use in a country may be considered to be and treated as highly hazardous”. (Definition as per International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management, adopted by FAO and WHO in 2013). A considerable proportion of the pesticides still being used in the world can be considered highly hazardous, because they have a high acute toxicity, have known chronic toxic effects even at very low exposure levels, or are very persistent in the environment or in organisms, for example. Highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) pose significant risks to human health or the environment.
Agroecology in Action Newsletter is a bi-monthly bulletin published by PAN Asia Pacific that highlights the grassroots work of International Peopleʼs Agroecology Movementsʼ (IPAM) field learning sites to promote agroecology as a sustainable approach to agriculture and food production and development, in the framework of food sovereignty, ecological and social justice.
Toxic chemical pollution is increasing worldwide, and among the most dangerous are Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) that cause cascades of severe and irreversible damage on the health of people, communities, and the environment. There is an urgent need to phase out HHPs. This 90-second video is part of PAN’s global campaign demanding ambitious action on […]
In this 2-minute video, PAN Latin America (RAPAL) regional director Javier Souza Casadinho provides an overview on what constitutes highly hazardous pesticides. This was produced in time for the global network’s participation at the “Fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management” as a major policy advocacy initiative to eliminate the use of HHPs […]
This animated short shines a bright light on how fragile and unjust so many of our interconnected global systems are. This video focuses on genetically modified (GM, also known as GMO) seeds and the story of their global impacts. For years now, pesticide industry giants have peddled their genetically engineered technology kits: modified seeds and […]
Toxic pesticides used in mango orchards and floriculture farms in India affect the lives of young children. Who is responsible for their poisoning? Find out in this documentary by PAN Asia Pacific, in cooperation with Society for Rural Education and Development, Sahanivasa and APVVU.
Dr. Romeo Quijano, chairperson of PAN Asia Pacific, has personally witnessed the damaging effects of Highly Hazardous Pesticides on people’s health and the environment over the past decades. He calls for the accountability of pesticide manufacturers and plantation companies for human rights violations related to the use of pesticides.
This short documentary highlights the successful efforts to establish pesticide-free buffer zones around schools in Asia. In Vietnam, children were taught early on the harmful effects of pesticides and to move towards alternative methods. Meanwhile, in Cambodia, farmers stopped spraying pesticides on school days. This was a result of an education campaign launched after students […]
Hear these Cambodian children’s plea to stop the use of pesticides! Video from CEDAC, taken at the Po Ampil Primary School in Takeo Province, Cambodia
Women lead the way by showing that in replacing Highly Hazardous Pesticides with agroecology, a pesticide-free world is possible! With support of the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI) and Sida – Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
PAN Asia Pacific has been spearheading a grassroots-empowered pesticide risk reduction project to astounding success in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and China. Here are some the key lessons we learned, as we move towards a #PesticidesFreeWorld: Awareness campaigns convinced governments to support farmers’ markets Farmers’ networks were created through capacity building and community organising Public awareness […]
