December 3 marks “the world pesticide free day” in the memory of the disaster that occurred in a chemical pesticide factory in Bhopal (India). The disaster occurred on December 3 1984, killing thousands with hundreds of thousands people injured. To commemorate this day, and move towards a future where communities will no longer suffer from exposure to Highly Hazardous Pesticides, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa in partnership with Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International calls on governments and cooperation around the world , to take concrete measures to ban Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) and promote their substitution with ecological alternatives.
