Tag: pesticides
No Dutch cherries this year? Ban on pesticides is a hard blow for cherry growers in the region
She says that cherry growers also take other measures, such as using fine nets that are hung around the orchard. The flies cannot get through and the trees are protected.…
Pesticides and bacteria in Nestlé water: what brands of contaminated bottles are there?
A new document from Anses attests to an “insufficient level of confidence” to “guarantee the health quality” of the Nestlé group’s mineral waters. They would be contaminated by various bacteria.…
7 out of 10 households eat this food very regularly, yet it is full of pesticides
The majority of products from this supermarket aisle are contaminated by pesticides. Is it dangerous for health? Generally speaking, consumers are becoming more and more attentive to the quality and…
von der Leyen’s decline on pesticides – L’Express
The text was in the sights of angry farmers. On Tuesday February 6, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen proposed the withdrawal of a legislative project…
This rice from a very big brand is the worst according to 60 million consumers, it contains too many pesticides
The magazine 60 Millions de consommateurs compared numerous references of rice sold in supermarkets. A well-known brand is singled out. Is your favorite rice really the best? Thai rice, Camargue…
Infected about pesticides in the EU
Updated 18.37 | Published 18.10 Share the article Save the article full screenA farmer in Greece gets ready to spray pesticides. Archive image. Photo: Giannis Papanikos/AP/TT The EU Parliament rejects…
Reminder: these zucchini have too high a level of pesticides
Sliced zucchini has just been recalled. Check the reference if you have just purchased one. Pesticide content exceeds the standards authorized in frozen zucchini sold by the Carrefour brand. Of…
Green Deal: animal welfare, pesticides… The EU’s renunciations
Several key measures of the “Green Deal”, a set of texts intended to bring the European Union to carbon neutrality by 2050, will be postponed, the European Commission announced on…
Metals, pesticides, UV filters and hydrocarbons and other chemical compounds threaten corals
Already severely weakened by the effects of climate change (warmer, more acidic oceans and the increase in cyclones), corals, rich in incredible biodiversity, are also threatened by pollution linked to…
Dispensation for pesticides in the root solution
The weather has caused green shoots and ear sprouts – which are unwanted shoots and sprouts – to appear in the crops, which poses a danger to grain production. In…