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Mosquitos and Dengue Fever
Can you name two diseases that are carried by mosquitos? Malaria is a common one that most people know. The other disease is called dengue or dengue fever. Sometimes this illness is confused with malaria. Dengue fever is a virus which is carried from person to person by the bite of a small, dark mosquito….
A Village in India Promotes Sanitation
In the country of India there is a state called Orissa. In the rural areas of Orissa many of the roads and drains are used as open lavatories. During the rainy season, rainwater and water from the ponds, tanks and rivers mix with dried feces. Diseases such as diarrhea and dysentery spread throughout the communities….
The Importance of Latrines
Is human waste a problem near your home? Look around you. Think about the places where people usually make waste. Maybe the men defecate or urinate close to the river early in the morning. The women usually go behind the bushes for privacy. Children go everywhere! After you defecate, flies walk on your feces. When…
Dirty Water is Dangerous
Dirty water is dangerous. People make water dirty by urinating or defecating near ponds, wells, and rivers. Every year many people die from diseases spread by dirty water. Even if water looks clean, it may not be. It can contain harmful germs that are too small to see. These germs can cause diarrhea, dysentery, cholera,…
Local Plant Controls Pests in Lowland Rice
Here is good news for lowland rice farmers! Research in the Philippines shows that a plant called makabuhay (Tinospora rumphii) controls striped stemborers and green and brown leafhoppers. With fewer striped stemborers you will have fewer deadhearts and white heads among your rice plants. Farmers can make a homemade pesticide using makabuhay. Makabuhay is a…
What is Integrated Pest Management?
Characters: Narrator Farmer Malex Mr. Kufa: Agricultural Extension Worker Narrator: These days many farmers use only one type of pest control – chemical pesticides. But this can cause problems. One problem is that pesticides become less effective as time goes on. At first they seem to work well. But as time goes on you may…
Pesticide Accumulation: A Chain of Poison
Devika and her husband Sunil were just finishing a cup of tea after a delicious meal of rice and fish, when suddenly Devika started to feel dizzy and sick to her stomach. Then her whole body started to shake. Sunil was worried and rushed Devika to the health clinic. The doctor at the health clinic…
Pesticides can Hurt Unborn Children
Today you are going to hear a sad story about a village where children were poisoned by pesticides. This story is different from many stories about pesticide poisoning. It is different because these children were poisoned before they were born. They were poisoned while they were still in their mothers’ bodies. And though it’s a…
Eat Garlic for Good Health
Did you know that every time you go to the garden, you may walk by a plant that can be used as a medicine? I’m talking about garlic. Garlic has been used as a medicine for thousands of years. And it’s helping cure illness today. One of the best things about garlic is that it’s…
Pesticide safety: Radio spots
1. Pesticides are hazardous to your health Pesticides are poisons. They are meant to kill insects or weeds, but they can hurt you too. Did you know that many people become sick every year because they are poisoned by pesticides? Some people even die. You can get very sick if you accidentally spill or spray…