PENANG: The Pesticide Action Network Asia and Pacific (PAN AP) is garnering regional support to ensure that paraquat, a known pesticide without an antidote, remains banned in Malaysia.
PAN AP executive director Sarojeni V. Rengam said Malaysia was the first Asian country to ban paraquat, but counter attempts were being made by the pesticide industry and the plantation sector to have the ban lifted.
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