Pesticide use around world almost doubles since 1990, report finds

A tractor sprays pesticides on wheat crops in Brazil. Photograph: Rodolfo Bührer/Reuters

Global pesticide use has soared by 80% since 1990, with the world market set to hit $130bn next year, according to a new Pesticide Atlas.

But pesticides are also responsible for an estimated 11,000 human fatalities and the poisoning of 385 million people every year, the report finds.