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Pesticide

Tragic deaths of six Soweto children linked to lethal organophosphate poisoning - investigation ongoing

South Africa

Tragic deaths of six Soweto children linked to lethal organophosphate poisoning - investigation ongoing

By Lerato Mutsila

Race against time to find banned insecticides possibly linked to food poisoning deaths of 11 Soweto children

South Africa

Race against time to find banned insecticides possibly linked to food poisoning deaths of 11 Soweto children

By Lerato Mutsila and Estelle Ellis

Poison on tap — South Africa needs to get its act together on herbicides and pesticides, experts warn

Sci-Tech

Poison on tap — South Africa needs to get its act together on herbicides and pesticides, experts warn

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Newsdeck

Emergency UN meeting in Harare over armyworm outbreak

By AFP

GroundUp: Dagga spraying, police ‘expert’ accused of bad science

South Africa

GroundUp: Dagga spraying, police ‘expert’ accused of bad science

By GroundUp

Pesticides put bumblebee colonies at risk of failure

Newsdeck

Pesticides put bumblebee colonies at risk of failure

By Reuters