Pesticide is a leading cause of suicide. (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np24/en/index.html http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np24

Pesticide is a leading cause of suicide. (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np24/en/index.html http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np24/en/index...) Farming is, in some countries, a high risk occupation for suicide. (http://cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/resfarmers.html http://cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/resfarmers.html) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_suicides_in_India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_suicides_in_India) I agree that the hyperbole of the article is weird.