Civil society coalition wants heads to roll over Terbufos deaths

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Heads must roll for the regulatory failure that caused the “utterly unacceptable” deaths of six Soweto children who ingested the highly toxic agrochemical Terbufos, a coalition of civil society organisations and unions have said. 

The potent organophosphate is outlawed in the EU, but legally registered for agricultural use in South Africa, according to the coalition, which includes the African Centre for Biodiversity, groundWork, Friends of the Earth SA, Women on…



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