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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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