The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a side event on the occasion of the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (COP 5) that took place in Geneva from 20 to 24 June 2011. The Conference was attended by more than 500 representatives from countries all over the world to discuss hazardous chemicals, including pesticides, and it offered an excellent opportunity to bring together scientists of different areas to discuss a particular facet of pesticide exposure.

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