Tag: pesticides
Across Europe, farmers sick from pesticides are left to their fate
Only Italy and France consider Parkinson’s disease as an official consequence of working in the fields. Here, work in a cornfield in Calvados, in May 2021. ED ALCOCK / MYOP…
Yannick Jadot outraged by pesticides in rural areas “which make children sick”
Yannick Jadot was the guest of Franceinfo’s “Presidential Mornings” this Friday, January 28, for a taste of his presidential program. The environmental candidate mentioned several subjects such as growth, the…
In the Amazon, deforestation continues with pesticides dropped in the air: “everyone’s health is in danger”
Since 2018, pesticides have been dropped from the air to poison the Amazonian vegetation and thus deforest more easily. Discreet and illegal, this highly toxic method portends disastrous consequences for…
Insects exposed to an average of 16 different pesticides
Insects in German nature reserves are contaminated with a large number of pesticides. This is the result of a new study published in the journal “Scientific Reports”, in which the…
Pesticides and mineral oil in spaetzle: branded products fail at ÖKO-TEST
The taste is okay, but the ingredients are questionable. ÖKO-TEST tested spaetzle from the pack and, in addition to the eggs used, also checked for pesticide residues and mineral oil…
Prostate cancers linked to exposure to pesticides recognized as an occupational disease
Demonstration against the threat of prescription of the health scandal file related to chlordecone, in Fort-de-France, Martinique, February 27, 2021. LIONEL CHAMOISEAU / AFP Prostate cancers linked to occupational exposure…
A decree recognizes prostate cancer linked to pesticides as an occupational disease
PARIS (Reuters) – A decree recognizing prostate cancer caused by pesticides, including chlordcone, as an occupational disease was published in the Official Journal on Wednesday. “The term ‘pesticides’ refers to…
Pesticides: Public Health France alert on these substances present in our food
How much are we exposed to pesticides? This is the question that Public Health France wanted to answer. In a new study, the public health agency reveals that substances banned…
Pesticides: the new Chinese hegemony
A worker sprays pesticides in an insect infested area in Turkana County, Kenya, November 12, 2020. LUIS TATO / FAO / REUTERS They are mastodons, like the global agrochemical sector…
In 2020: Again fewer pesticides sold
1930 tons of pesticides were sold in Switzerland last year, 23 tons or almost 1.2 percent less than the year before. Glyphosate sales fell for the seventh year in a…
To reduce pesticides, European Parliament calls for binding targets
For the time being, this is only a request, albeit an urgent one. The European Parliament on Wednesday 20 October urged the Commission to “Binding objectives” reduction in pesticides, as…
Pesticides: find out how to limit them as much as possible on your plate: Femme Actuelle Le MAG
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