PARAQUAT

on January 23, 2009 by Zainal

A worker sprays weed killer, paraquat, at an oil palm plantations outskirts of Kuala Lumpur January 23, 2009. Paraquat kills weeds but does not harm mature bark. It protects crop yeild by controlling weeds that compete for water nutrients and light.

Rajam Murugasu, listens to question during an interview at her home in Teluk Intan, in Malaysia’s central state of Perak. Murugasu lost her left eye 10 years ago after she fell and accidentally sprayed the week killer paraquat on her own face while working at a palm oil plantation in Malaysia.

January 23, 2009 | Photo Under Photojournalism  |

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13 Responses to “PARAQUAT”

  1. azmean aziz on January 23rd, 2009 4:29 pm
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    alamek… ray of light laa.. sempoi bang… asap dr racun tu ke..??
    bagus le azam thn baru cam gini.. hehehe..

  2. Zainal on January 23rd, 2009 4:45 pm
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    tu asap dari kawan dia bakar sampah….so just nice dtg tepat pada masa tu.

  3. samsul on January 23rd, 2009 5:26 pm
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    nie rajin lain macam dh nie…..mesti ada jawapan di sebalik kerajinanya nie ha ha ha

  4. kamitaken on January 23rd, 2009 5:39 pm
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    ini dah macam rarendra punya gambar. cun sungguh. mmg tak dinafikan nak menghasilkan gambar yang sebenar without any editing sangat susah.. bravo bang!

  5. samsul on January 23rd, 2009 8:57 pm
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    ni pergi dengan razak ker?apa isu?

  6. Zainal on January 23rd, 2009 9:15 pm
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    pergi sendiri….citer pasal racun rumpai.

  7. Zain on January 24th, 2009 3:46 am
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    Walaupon hanya cerite pasal racun rumpai but in the hand of Zainal picture turns out to be constantly awesome. Keep them coming Nal!

  8. Mike on January 24th, 2009 4:30 pm
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    i like both the picture especially the ray of light. love it.

  9. Hafiz Pesona Senifoto on January 24th, 2009 8:14 pm
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    bleh tahu kenapa isu ini yang abg zainal pilih ?
    or just a stand alone job ?
    TQ

  10. Zainal on January 24th, 2009 8:55 pm
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    ni bukan isu tp story yg health journalist buat…so kena illustrate dari story dia.

  11. Rudy? on January 28th, 2009 12:27 pm
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    salah tu hafiz…..ni gara2 kerja dah byk kan bang..kekeek

  12. ted on February 10th, 2009 12:47 pm
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    Dah masuk paper Star arini 10 Feb ‘09, entitled “Hazardous material” page T4.

  13. Zainal on February 10th, 2009 6:01 pm
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    Thks baru tgk paper Ted…besar gak gambar dia guna..

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