"Pesticide poisoning" refers to a condition where a person or animal becomes sick or harmed after being exposed to or consuming harmful chemicals called pesticides that are used to kill pests like insects, weeds, or rodents. Full definition
Every year thousands of farm workers die of pesticide poisoning and millions more suffer severe effects, mainly in developing countries. (newscientist.com)
What she was seeing were some of the human faces of the 77 million cotton workers around the world who suffer from pesticide poisoning each year. (austorganic.com)
Heavy metal toxicity has specific symptoms, and actual pesticide poisoning is really scary. (gawker.com)