Poisoned and Silenced:
A study of pesticide poisoning in the plantations
Tenaganita and PAN Asia and the Pacific,
Malaysia, March 2002.

The pesticides industry is widely accepted as a growing market in Malaysia. The area under oil palm plantations has been increasing sharply over the years, with a consequent rise in consumption of agrochemical products and herbicides contributing as much as 75 per cent of the RM 326 market for pesticides in 1997. The agrochemical industry is controlled by a handful of transnational corporations, which reap the benefits but are not accountable for its effects on humans and the environment.