As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference convened its 42nd Session on Monday, Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP) called on the FAO to review its desert locust program and stop the use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage and other neurodevelopmental disorders in children. An overview of the FAO desert locust response shows … Continue reading FAO Slammed for Use of Highly Toxic Pesticides to Control Desert Locusts in Africa