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"In poor countries, governments aggravate other sorts of damage. Subsidies for pesticides and artificial fertilisers encourage farmers to use greater quantities than are needed to get the highest economic crop yield. A study by the International Rice Research Institute Of pesticide use by farmers in South East Asia found that, with pest-resistant varieties of rice, even moderate applications of pesticide frequently cost farmers more than they saved. Such waste puts farmers on a chemical treadmill: bugs and weeds become resistant to poisons,so next year's poisons must be more lethal. One cost is to human health, every year some 10,000 people die from pesticide poisoning, and make soil erosion worse."
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To what extent should governments make economic policies/regulations
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