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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…
the state sentenced on the use of pesticides, a “historic” decision
The Administrative Court of Paris condemned the French State for ” faults in the protection of biodiversity, because it has not respected its commitments to reduce the use of pesticides.…
Brain-disrupting pesticides in the cultivation of potatoes, onions and apples
Among other things, it concerns the substance Fluazinam, which is used against fungal attacks in potato and onion crops in Sweden. Animal studies have shown that the substance reduced the…
The fruits and vegetables that contain the most (and the least) pesticides are…
Apart from organic, pesticides are used for the production of fruits and vegetables that we eat every day. However, they should be avoided (as much as possible) because of their…
Women are more exposed to the dangers of pesticides
News Published on 05/19/2023 at 12:36 p.m. Updated 05/19/2023 at 12:36 p.m. Reading 3 mins. If the Atlas of Pesticides, published for the first time in French, reveals the crops…
Reduction of pesticides: when the European right opposes the Commission
“Now is not the time to jeopardize Europe’s food security.” One year before the European elections, the European People’s Party (EPP), the leading political force in the Strasbourg Parliament, has…