The poison Aldicarb is used in at least one hundred homicides each year in Johannesburg alone. This according to poison expert Gerhard Verdoorn, who estimates that countless people commit suicide with the banned pesticide, known colloquially as Two Step and in Sotho, Halipirimi, each year. At least 800 dogs are poisoned with Aldicarb weekly in South Africa. Jamaine Krige took to the streets to see how readily available this poison is, and looks at the devastating effects of Aldicarb poisoning in humans...

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