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In the recent past, many Saudis and expatriate alike have sustained injuries and fatalities as a result of the ignorant use of pesticides, particularly those containing aluminum phosphate. Indeed it is shocking that in the past few months alone, up to 12 people – including a number of children – in the Kingdom have died as a result of the improper use of pesticides.Common pesticides form a necessary part of all households. We need them on a day-to-day basis in order to rid our homes of insects. In using them however, we often forget that pesticides are fundamentally, cocktails of poisonous substances that can adversely affect our health and the environment if not used with common sense and caution.