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First attempts to limit farm chemicals
Rocío Alorda

Dangerous pesticides threaten farmers´ health.

Use of highly toxic pesticides and other farming chemicals in Chile is rampant, posing serious health risks and damages for the farmers who use them. In response, on Dec. 19, the Agriculture Ministry banned the import, export and sale of several of these substances that could cause cancer among other diseases. They include chlordecone, alfa-HCH, beta-HCH, pentachlorophenol , endosulfan, alachlor and aldicarb.see more

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