This is not limited to farms in rural areas; toxic pesticides are used regularly in urban areas, too. Why is the use of toxic pesticides increasing? And they plan to export even more of the toxic pesticides. Government of Ghana must immediately ban the import of any of the pesticides banned from use in the European Union. This should be accompanied by the robust implementation of a nationwide recall of all banned pesticides and ensure that all entities selling banned pesticides stop and submit them to a designated authority for safe disposal.