Tag: Pesticide
Study from Vinschgau: South Tyrolean apples: pesticide contamination even in mountainous areas
Study from Vinschgau South Tyrolean apples: Pesticide contamination even in mountainous areas The lower Vinschgau is characterized by apple orchards. photo © Carsten Brühl, Rptu/Alpha Galileo/dpa Apple orchards cover huge…
EU Commission withdraws pesticide law after farmers’ protests
As of: February 6, 2024 11:15 a.m In view of the ongoing protests by farmers, the EU Commission is withdrawing its proposal for a pesticide regulation. According to Commission President…
Questions & Answers: Pesticide approval is a case for Karlsruhe
Before introducing pesticides, four federal authorities deal with them. Contrary to warnings, a court in Braunschweig often decides in the end and approvals from other countries apply. It’s about weeds,…
European Parliament stops pesticide law | tagesschau.de
As of: November 22, 2023 3:49 p.m The EU Commission has failed in its attempt to drastically reduce the use of pesticides by 2030. The conservative parliamentary groups in particular…
Pesticide law stopped: Black day for consumers
comment As of: November 22, 2023 5:14 p.m After the end of the pesticide law, conservatives and farmers’ organizations are acting as if everything is fine now – because food…
“Black day”: European Parliament overturns pesticide law
The use of plant protection products on fields, grass verges and in parks does not need to be reduced in the EU for the time being. The European Parliament overturned…
Black tea in the “eco test”: pesticide contamination is worrying
Black tea in the “Ökotest” A cup of spray poison Black teas should be consumed with caution © Getty Images from Denise Snieguolė Wachter October 23, 2023, 1:32 p.m 2…
“A first”, 16-year-old Théo will be compensated for serious malformations attributed to the pesticide
For Sabine Grataloup, this is “a first”. His son Théo, aged 16 and born with serious malformations of the larynx and esophagus, will receive more than 1,000 euros gross per…
“Rare earths”, mercury, pesticide … A toxic cocktail detected in the hair of senators
What’s in the hair of senators? A variety as interesting as it is disturbing. Mercury, pesticides, plasticizers, but also “rare earths”, these metals used in smartphones and other high-tech objects,…
A drinking water catchment stopped after the detection of a banned pesticide
It responds to the barbaric name of “dimethylsulfamide”, or DMS. This fungicide was found in the drinking water of the Missillac catchment station, in Loire-Atlantique. Problem: its concentration was abnormally…