{
  "id": 2371494,
  "title": "Pesticide air pollution linked to respiratory illnesses among farmers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/pesticide-air-pollution-linked-to-respiratory-illnesses-among-farmers",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:31:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/pesticide-air-pollution-linked-to-respiratory-illnesses-among-farmers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Public Health, John Arko Mensah, has urged farmers to wear nose masks and other protective equipment when spraying pesticides to reduce their exposure to harmful chemicals. He said chemical drift from pesticide spraying was contributing to air pollution and putting farmers’ health at risk. According […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}