{
  "id": 15574473,
  "title": "Farmworkers’ health matters: South Africa looks to alternatives for chemical pesticides",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/farmworkers-health-matters-south-africa-looks-to-alternatives-for",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T06:22:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/farmworkers-health-matters-south-africa-looks-to-alternatives-for-chemical-pesticides/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Insects like fall armyworm or mealybugs can decimate food and commercial crops; like their counterparts elsewhere in the world, South Africa’s small and large farmers alike use synthetic chemical pesticides to control these and other pests. But about 385 million cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning are reported worldwide each year, according to the Pesticide […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}