The Malaysian government has banned the production of all pesticides and herbicides containing paraquat. Although widely acknowledged as a deadly toxic chemical and a wickedly effective means for suicide, there are those who protest against its ban in this country, writes SHANTINI SUNTHARAJAH.
IT is not even noon yet and the temperature is already past 30°C. Surveying his small padi field in Sekinchan, a farmer absently scratches his head, clearly deep in thought.
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