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View The week that was: how one individual can change the world | View Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the prevailing opinions shared on View over the last seven days. 21/12/2018
View EU bans on pesticides and GMOs will lead to a food crisis | View Europe is sleepwalking into a food crisis and politicians are doing nothing to stop it. 20/12/2018
France France suspends use of popular pesticide after farm workers fall ill The three-month ban comes after several cases of poisoning involving staff and residents living on farms were reported in the last two weeks alone. 27/10/2018
Spain Which EU countries consume the most pesticides? Four EU countries accounted for 79% of pesticide sales in 2016, according to data released Monday by statistics body Eurostat. 15/10/2018
France French village cut from water supply for two years due to pesticides At first glance, the small town of Etais-La-Sauvin, some 200 kms south of Paris, is your typical French village — except that soil pollution has deprived its inhabitants of drinkable running water for more than two years. 22/08/2018
France Beekeepers mourn declining bee numbers At a mock funeral in Paris, beekeepers called on the government to come to the rescue and take urgent action to stave off an ecological disaster 07/06/2018
world news European court upholds pesticide ban A European court has upheld a partial ban on three insecticides, saying the European Commission had been right to restrict their use to protect bees. 17/05/2018
France French report raises spectre of imminent "silent spring" Report reveals flying insect population crash due to pesticides, resulting in a third of the bird population disappearing from lack of food, with some less common species suffering 90% declines. 21/03/2018
