Pesticide poisoning
Timeline
Sept 1, 2012
Police sources confirm the cause of death of a two-year-old child in Sharjah as chemical poisoning due to pesticides
May 16, 2012
Ten people are hospitalised in a case of suspected pesticide poisoning in Dubai
August 5, 2011
A 33-year-old Indian man dies of pesticide poisoning in an apartment building behind Al Rifa’a police station in Bur Dubai after the toxic fumes from the pesticide used in the neighbouring apartment waft through the building’s central air-conditioning system and reaches the victim’s apartment
June 19, 2011
A 26-year-old man dies in his sleep and his roommate is hospitalised after a Bangladeshi allegedly used pesticide in Deira
June 5, 2010
An Indian woman, 23, and a Nepalese man, 28, die after inhaling the toxic gas phosphine in the pesticide that was sprayed at a workers’ accommodation in Abu Shagara, Sharjah
March 27, 2010
Two infants die after inhaling pesticide fumes when the neighbour sprays his apartment with pesticide in Ajman
June 13, 2008
An Indian man, 23, dies after inhaling pesticide used to fumigate his apartment in Abu Dhabi
July 21, 2006
A family of five is taken ill and has to be hospitalised for prolonged exposure to pesticides, a day after they used pesticide in their apartment in Bur Dubai
December 8, 2005
A 29-year-old Indian dies after inhaling pesticide fumes in Dubai
