High price of negligence

In 2015, the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance found a pest control company owner guilty of causing a woman’s death, and ordered him to pay Dh30,000 on a manslaughter charge, Dh100,000 in blood money and Dh100,000 from his company because his staff had failed to follow proper procedures while handling pesticides.

Also in 2015, a three-week-old Syrian baby boy died after the wrong pesticide was used, while a Filipino girl died in Dubai in 2014. In 2013, three people died and two fell seriously ill in Ajman after a company used unauthorised pesticides. In 2011, a man was killed in Dubai, and in 2012, 10 people were treated in hospital in Dubai, while in 2010, two boys were killed in Ajman.