Tag: pesticides
If the strawberries come from there, don’t buy them, you’re eating pesticides in spades
Strawberries from this country contain a large amount of pesticides, which are dangerous for health and the environment. Here’s how to recognize them. A German test has shown that strawberries…
This ingredient, present in all kitchens, keeps ants away without using pesticides
When temperatures rise, ants increase their activity and begin to become invasive, especially in spaces where there is food that they can take away little by little. Although there are…
Jams stuffed with pesticides: the products pinned by 60 million consumers
News Published on 04/03/2023 at 12:23 p.m. Updated 04/03/2023 at 12:23 p.m. Reading 2 mins. A new survey of 60 million consumers reveals that many well-known brand name jams contain…
How banned pesticides end up on our plates, “an odious practice”
An international investigation by investigative media reveals how the European chemical industry supplies Brazil with pesticides banned in the EU. Brazilian plantations are fundamental for players in the food industry…
Environment: Europe has efforts to make to reduce the use of pesticides
Despite progress, pesticides are still massively used in Europe, warns the European Environment Agency (EEA) on April 26. 350,000 tonnes have been sold each year for ten years. However, they…
These plants transformed into pheromone factories could replace pesticides
News Published on 04/17/2023 at 10:27 am Updated 04/17/2023 at 10:27 am Reading 2 mins. A team of British researchers has genetically modified tobacco plants to produce sex pheromones to…
Polluted drinking water: “Banned pesticides do not disappear as if by magic”
More than four years after its ban, residues of chlorothalonil persist in tap water. A report from the National Health Security Agency (ANSES) published this Thursday, April 6, focused on…
The government prohibits the spreading of certain pesticides within 10 meters of homes
News Published on 03/23/2023 at 1:49 p.m. Updated 03/23/2023 at 1:49 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Pesticides suspected of being carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction can no longer be dispersed…
Pesticides in France: “We are witnessing a collapse of biodiversity”
/ Podcasts / international guest On Saturday February 25, President Emmanuel Macron spent the day at the Paris Agricultural Show. He took the opportunity to announce a new plan on…
fierce battle around the issue of pesticides in Montreal
This is one of the most sensitive points of the negotiations on biodiversity at COP15 in Montreal: the reduction of pesticides. These chemicals, used in large quantities in agriculture to…