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Panambi, a woman in her mid-20s, lives in a small house with her mother and four-year old daughter. She told Human Rights Watch that, during an episode of spraying on the nearby plantation in March 2018, she and her family felt their eyes burning and that she covered her daughter’s mouth with a damp cloth to try and protect her. “We should be breathing fresh air, but we felt a bad taste, a burning [sensation.]” 

© 2018 Marizilda Cruppé for Human Rights Watch