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Published in final edited form as: Bull World Health Organ. 2004 Jan 20;81(11):789–798.

Box 1.

Pesticide harm reduction activities in Sri Lanka

Legislative restrictions and withdrawals on products for agricultural use

Prior to 1980: chlordimeform, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, methyl parathion, thallium sulphate

1980s: 2,4,5-T, aldrin, arsenic, captafol, ethyl parathion, HCH, leptophos, lindane, mercury compounds

1990s: dichloropropane, aldicarb, chlordane, methamidophos, monocrotophos, pentachlorophenol, quintozene (PCNB)

Alternatives to pesticides

Education

Campaigns to train farmers, retailers, distributors and the public, including school children, in the safe handling, use and storage of pesticides