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Pesticide Exposure in Global South: Environmental Justice Frameworks Underutilized

"Environmental Justice and Pesticides in the Global South-A Scoping Review." — Current environmental health reports, 2026

April 15, 2026by AI Curated

Pesticide Exposure in Global South: Environmental Justice Frameworks Underutilized

What they found

A review of 54 sources found that environmental justice (EJ) frameworks are inconsistently applied in pesticide research in the Global South, with distributive justice dominating.

What they studied

This scoping review mapped how environmental justice is conceptualized and operationalized in studies on pesticides in the Global South, identifying justice dimensions and methodological approaches.

Takeaways

The abstract focuses on findings; it does not give personal how-to steps.

About this paper

This scoping review analyzed 54 English-language sources from 1995-2024, mapping environmental justice applications in pesticide research in the Global South. It identified a significant geographic gap, with the Middle East and North African (MENA) region notably under-represented.

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