Ah, there's a transcript "below the cut". So, scanning it, it seems they draw conclusions based on the strong temporal correlation between pesticide use and suicide.
> the suicide rate had increased dramatically after the introduction of highly hazardous pesticides into the agriculture
> in ’94, the most toxic insecticides [...] were banned [...] another very toxic pesticide [...] was banned in ’98, and further class two pesticides were banned in 2008 to 2011
So I guess it could be true but it's still making huge leaps of faith from the data.
Now, my moral value system doesn't classify suicide as negative, so I can't really agree with the premise of the article, yet I definitely support limitations on the availability and use of pesticides, e.g. to prevent children accidentially poisoning themselves etc.
> the suicide rate had increased dramatically after the introduction of highly hazardous pesticides into the agriculture
> in ’94, the most toxic insecticides [...] were banned [...] another very toxic pesticide [...] was banned in ’98, and further class two pesticides were banned in 2008 to 2011
So I guess it could be true but it's still making huge leaps of faith from the data.
Now, my moral value system doesn't classify suicide as negative, so I can't really agree with the premise of the article, yet I definitely support limitations on the availability and use of pesticides, e.g. to prevent children accidentially poisoning themselves etc.