Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008-2014 pesticide bans

• Main Authors: Manjula Weerasinghe (Author), Melissa Pearson (Author), Flemming Konradsen (Author), Suneth Agampodi (Author), J. A. Sumith (Author), Shaluka Jayamanne (Author), S. M. H. M. K. Senanayake (Author), Sandamali Rajapaksha (Author), Michael Eddleston (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sri Lanka has reduced its overall suicide rate by 70% over the last two decades through means restriction, through a series of government regulations and bans removing highly hazardous pesticides from agriculture. We aimed to identify the key pesticide(s) now responsible for suic...