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developing countries.<br />

4.2.3 Links between indicators and pesticide use<br />

Many of the most obvious links between pesticide use and the MDGs are related<br />

to various aspects of human health. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has<br />

compiled its contribution to achievement of the goals including a summary<br />

Annex 7 . The associated indicators referred to by the WHO have indirect links to<br />

hazardous chemicals, as follows:<br />

Indicator<br />

Link to chemicals<br />

Underweight children Malnourishment – agricultural production –<br />

agricultural chemicals. Also association low<br />

birth weight – chemicals exposure; see also<br />

indicator 5.<br />

Minimum dietary consumption Pesticides as prerequisite for food availability.<br />

Adverse health effects of pesticides.<br />

Under five mortality rate<br />

Malnourishment – see under 4. above. Also<br />

child mortality associated with accidents,<br />

mainly with pesticides<br />

Prevalence and death/malaria DDT as major instrument to combat malaria,<br />

Use of effective measures to but also involving some health risks<br />

combat malaria<br />

Linkages of indicators with pesticide us are similar to those presented 2.3.1.<br />

The links between poverty and high contamination levels have been discussed in<br />

a report to the World Bank. 8 The conclusion drawn from this report is that “the<br />

potential socio-economic impacts and costs of toxics are large and are borne<br />

disproportionately by poor communities. These include:<br />

• Threats to indigenous practices,<br />

• Increased health care costs,<br />

• Decreased productivity,<br />

• Environmental degradation and reduction of clean, safe essential<br />

resources (for example, food, water and clean air),<br />

• Impacts on those at the margins of poverty, and<br />

7 http://policy.who.int/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?infobase=ebdocen&jump=EB111%2f3&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42#JUMPDEST_EB111/3<br />

(accessed 14 March<br />

2005; note that this is a corrected version of the original document EB111/3).<br />

8 World Bank (2002). Toxics and Poverty: The impact of toxic substances on the poor in<br />

developing countries.<br />

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