{"id":2662,"date":"2022-10-25T17:58:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2022-10-25T17:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T15:58:18","slug":"appeal-for-a-ban-of-highly-hazardous-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/2022\/10\/appeal-for-a-ban-of-highly-hazardous-pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for a ban of highly hazardous pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pet-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2641 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pet-2.jpg 304w, https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pet-2-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Decades of experience has shown that, despite numerous \u2018safe use\u2019 programs, the \u2019safe use\u2019 of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) is not possible. Peop le, farmanimals, wildlife and the environment continue to suffer considerable harm from HHPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After decades of failure which have seen millions of deaths worldwide, new policies are needed to stop pesticide poisonings. A progressive phaseout and ban of HHPs, along with new policies for supporting alternatives, can make a change towards a healthy and sustainable world for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We, the undersigned organizations, call on governments and corporations to take concrete steps towards a progressive ban of HHPs and their substitution with ecosystem-based alternatives&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pan-afrique.org\/fr\/Rapports\/Etudes\/HHP-Appeal_EN_151027_F.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decades of experience has shown that, despite numerous \u2018safe use\u2019 programs, the \u2019safe use\u2019 of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) is not possible. Peop le, farmanimals, wildlife and the environment continue to suffer considerable harm from HHPs. After decades of failure which have seen millions of deaths worldwide, new policies are needed to stop pesticide poisonings. A progressive phaseout and ban of HHPs, along with new policies for supporting alternatives, can make a change towards a healthy and sustainable world for all. We, the undersigned organizations, call on governments and corporations to take concrete steps towards a progressive ban of HHPs and their substitution with ecosystem-based alternatives&#8230; Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-afrique.org\/wps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}