Arjunan Ramasamy
plantation worker for 33 years in Malaysia
«As a representative of my people, I ask you from the bottom of my heart, to understand the call to stop further poisoning our women and children and our environment. We want your company to be responsible, to value life and to respect the health and rights of women and workers in the plantations. So, please stop producing paraquat. Stop selling paraquat. Please put money into finding alternatives. I know if you put your mind, heart and soul, you can make a difference to our lives.»
Dr. Tatsuo Shiigai
Head of the pesticide poisoning section in the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
«Compared with the outcomes associated with alternative herbicides such as glyphosate or glufosinate, the death rate from paraquat poisoning is extremely high, and many physicians in ICUs in Japan hope for a ban on paraquat.»