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Pedrina, a woman in her mid-40s, lives in Minas Gerais State. She told Human Rights Watch she has felt the symptoms of acute poisoning from pesticide spray many times and described fearing retaliation if she went to the authorities to raise concerns about the health impacts of pesticide spraying.
© 2018 Marizilda Cruppé for Human Rights Watch