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This website by CropLife International provides information about pesticides as they relate to human health. The full lifecycle of pesticides is addressed – from testing and regulation to minimization of pesticide residues in food as well as farm worker safety and good manufacturing practices.

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Importance & Benefits of Pesticides

Without crop protection, including pesticides, more than half of the world’s crops would be lost to insects, diseases and weeds.

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Pesticide Testing & Regulation

Pesticides are some of the most tested and regulated products in the world.

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Human Health & Pesticides

Pesticide residues on food are very low if present at all and they are not established causes of specific medical conditions.

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Pesticide Applicator Safety

Normal exposure to pesticides does not cause diseases or adverse conditions to those exposed to them the most – pesticide applicators.

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The theme for the 2020 Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium will be Breaking New Ground: Building Resilience Today for Improved Global Food Systems Tomorrow held on October 12-16! Learn more about this annual event at https://t.co/G0Fjq7wE21 #FoodPrize20 https://t.co/jjgp9QW9Rk CropLife International Retweeted
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Toxicologists say: “the dose makes the poison” i.e. all chemicals (even water and oxygen) can be hazardous in excessive amounts. Watch our video about hazard and risk here: https://t.co/aMZ1nrqlXc #PesticideFacts
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Times of crisis reinforce the urgency of resilient agricultural livelihoods.

Here’s how @FAO provides policy guidance to strengthen livelihoods and food systems in crisis situations 👉 https://t.co/zukmApF467

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