Figure 1

Household storage of pesticides in pilot studies in Sri Lanka. Left - % of households storing pesticides safely in or around their house in the five studies. Right - Comparison of the % of households in Study A storing pesticides in their household (top line) and the % storing pesticides safely locked up (bottom line) after provision of a safe storage container. The hatched area represents households storing unlocked pesticides. Note, there was no change in the number of households that stored pesticides in the house without locking them away. Instead, the intervention markedly increased the absolute number of households storing pesticides in the house, potentially increasing the risk of poisoning if the compliance with locking them away fell away over time.