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Cancer-linked pesticides that have been detected in UK food imports have sparked public health concerns among campaigners. The UK Government tested a total of 1,046 samples of imported food of non ...
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is an international coalition of more than 600 NGOs in 90 countries which advocates for less hazardous alternatives to pesticides. [1] It was founded in May 1982 with its first meeting in Penang , Malaysia.
A pesticide that is lethally toxic to bees has been approved for emergency use in the UK for a fourth year in a row, sparking anger from environmental groups who described it as a “death blow ...
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Pesticide Action Network; Pesticide Data Program; S. SENSOR-Pesticides This page was last edited on 19 November 2021, at 10:59 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Early in the year the UK chapter of the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) issued Toxic Trade, a report expressing concern that the agreement might weaken British restrictions on pesticide use by permitting the import of Australian crops grown under laxer standards—for example, Britain permits farmers to use just four organophosphates against the ...
Diquat was the UK’s most exported banned pesticide last year, according to the analysis, which found that Syngenta’s UK shipments of the pesticide made up 60% (5,123 tonnes) of the total ...
Pesticide poisoning is an important occupational health issue because pesticides are used in a large number of industries, which puts many different categories of workers at risk. Extensive use puts agricultural workers in particular at increased risk for pesticide illnesses.