Ambiente - Salute - Diritti Umani - Nutrizione - Agricoltura

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a side event on the occasion of the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (COP 5)

that took place in Geneva from 20 to 24 June 2011. The Conference was attended by more than 500 representatives from countries all over the world to discuss hazardous chemicals, including pesticides, and it offered an excellent opportunity to bring together scientists of different areas to discuss a particular facet of pesticide exposure.
The side event 'Vulnerable groups and pesticide exposure' focused on the exposure to pesticides of vulnerable groups, giving special attention to children working in agriculture and child labour. Agriculture is a sector heavily dependent on the use of pesticides. Furthermore, 60% of  the world’s child labour takes place in agriculture.  (...)

The article:
http://www.fao.org/ag/portal/ag-archive/detail/en/item/88897/icode/?no_cache=1

Rotterdam Convention website:
http://www.pic.int/

Basic information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam_Convention

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Biocidi - Strasburgo approva norme piu' severe:

http://www.ansa.it/europa/notizie/rubriche/agroalimentare/2012/01/19/visualizza_new.html_46998228.html