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Suicides by Poisoning Drop 56 Percent after Herbicide Production Ban

Suicides by Poisoning Drop 56 Percent after Herbicide Production Ban

SEOUL, Dec.1 (Korea Bizwire) – A research team lead by professor Lee Won-jin at the Korea University’s Preventive Medicine Department has announced that since a ban was implemented on the production and sales of Paraquat, a herbicide often used to commit suicide, the number of suicides committed by drinking poisonous herbicides decreased by 56 percent. [...]