Tag: Pesticide
Strawberries: German strawberries are also contaminated with pesticide cocktails – Economy
Strawberries don’t have it easy, especially when they grow outdoors. It’s either too dry or too wet. In humid weather, a fungal attack can destroy an entire harvest in a…
Strawberries: German strawberries are also contaminated with pesticide cocktails – Economy
Strawberries don’t have it easy, especially when they grow outdoors. It’s either too dry or too wet. In humid weather, a fungal attack can destroy an entire harvest in a…
Environment: Companies do not submit all pesticide studies
Environment Companies do not submit all pesticide studies A tractor applies pesticides to a field. photo © Armin Weigel/dpa It seems to be a recurring phenomenon – a German company…
Vulnerability in pesticide approvals
exclusive Status: 06/01/2023 06:00 a.m Agrochemical companies have withheld important studies when approving their products. This is shown by a study by Stockholm University, which BR present. The studies examine…
It will be necessary to wait to monitor the water contaminated by a derivative of pesticide recently identified
Health risk or not? The National Health Security Agency (ANSES) has just published a report on its latest campaign to measure the presence of certain chemical compounds in water. In…
Environmental Aid and Foodwatch: Legal action against pesticide products
Status: 4/4/2023 1:12 p.m Pesticides are used in crop protection products, among other things, and are toxic and harmful to the environment. For the first time, the German Environmental Aid…
The Assembly of Martinique votes a bill on the pesticide
The fight against chlordecone is not over. The territorial councilors of Martinique voted unanimously on Thursday for a bill to encourage the government to draw up a law of orientation…
Macron announces pesticide plan to better align with EU
Visiting the Salon de l’Agriculture on Saturday, Emmanuel Macron tried to reassure farmers on the issue of pesticides. After recent restrictions on these products, the President announced the launch of…
Pesticide industry must be liable for damage in the organic sector – economy
That’s the thing with long-standing problems. If no solution can be found, at some point you take it for granted. That’s how it works in the organic sector. For decades…
Bio: Bioverband demands compensation from pesticide manufacturers – economy
German organic producers pay many millions of euros a year to test organic products for toxin residues – costs that consumers ultimately have to bear. An organic association no longer…