Suicide by pesticide poisoning in India: a review of pesticide regulations and their impact on suicide trends.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pesticide self-poisoning is a common means of suicide in India. Banning highly hazardous pesticides from agricultural use has been successful in reducing total suicide numbers in several South Asian countries without affecting agricultural output. Here, we describe national and state-level regulation of highly hazardous pesticides and explore how they might relate to suicide rates across India.

Methods

Information on pesticide regulation was collated from agriculture departments of the central government and all 29 state governments (excluding union territories). National and state-level data on suicides from 1995 to 2015 were obtained from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). We used joinpoint analysis and negative binomial regression to investigate the tren

SUBMITTER: Bonvoisin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031890 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature