Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) are types of pesticides that can cause permanent acute and chronic toxic effects to health and to the environment. Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of exposure to these pesticides. Long term exposure to Highly Hazardous Pesticides can cause severe health effects to the nervous system, reproductive, endocrine systems.

Exposure to HHPs occurs during handling, dilution, mixing and application by farmers and agricultural workers. One can also get exposed through consumption of food and water that is contaminated with residues of pesticides.

Besides the human suffering caused, there is a significant cost to society due to the accumulated health costs of acute and chronic injuries to pesticide users. As a result of the scientific evidence and community based experiences on the health and environmental impacts of pesticides, the global community is now taking action to phase out Highly Hazardous Pesticides.

In support of this, CEJAD has carried out a number of projects to monitor the[1] use of pesticides in large and high yielding farms in Kenya to ensure that farmers are not using the harmful Pesticides.