Tim Tyler writes
1. Data on deaths from pesticide poisoning occurring in England and Wales
between 1945 and 1989 (no data are available for 1954) have been
collated; pesticides were responsible for only 1012 (1.1%) of the 87,385
deaths from poisoning (excluding those due to carbon monoxide) occurring
over this 44 year period. At least 73% of all pesticide fatalities were
due to suicide and overall there was a predominance of males
(male:female ratio 2.4:1). No deaths from pesticide poisoning in
children under 10 years have been reported since 1974 although almost
50% of suspected pesticide poisoning incidents involve this age
group. 2. Herbicides were responsible for 787 (78%) fatal poisonings,
110 (11%) were caused by insecticides, 69 (6.8%) by rodenticides, 30
(3.0%) by wood preservatives and 16 (1.6%) by other pesticides. 3. The
herbicide, paraquat, was responsible for 570 of 1012 (56%) deaths and,
although there has been a progressive decline in the annual number of
deaths from paraquat poisoning since 1982, paraquat remains the most
common cause of fatal pesticide poisoning in England and
Wales. 4. Sodium chlorate caused 113 (11.2%) deaths, most of these
fatalities occurring between 1965 and 1983; only one death has been
recorded since 1984. The phenoxyacetate herbicides resulted in 50
deaths; 2,4-D was implicated most commonly. Sixty-eight deaths were due
to organophosphorus insecticides; demeton-S-methyl, malathion and
mevinphos were involved most frequently. Only eight deaths resulted from
organochlorine insecticides and two of these also involved an
organophosphorus insecticide. [...]'' - PMID: 7908817

OK, so most people don;t choose pesticides to commit suicide with: so?
Also the data goes back to 45, when rather toxic products were in use.

Most pesticide deaths are likely to be lingering ones - rather than
straight poisonings. The cancer deaths are not likely to show up in
studies like this one.

Pesticides cannot be carcinogenic if they are to be approved.

Unlike natural toxins, which can be and often are.

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