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The EU executive will not put a contentious plan to slash pesticide use back on the table, agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen told Euronews, closing a key chapter of the Green Deal.
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After food prices soared in 2021 and 2022, over five essential food products saw price drops in 2024, including milk and cereals.
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Following success in Sweden and Norway, the creator of ThermoSeed now aims to take over Asia.
Report finds 'alarming' levels of European groundwater contamination
Samples have revealed high levels of Trifluoroacetic acid in ten European countries' water supplies.
Euroviews. Europe has to set aside the pesticides row and turn toward solutions
The stakes are too high, the issues too intricate, and the world too dependent on us taking the right actions for us to work in silos, or isolation — or worse, for us to stand divided, Olivier de Matos writes.
Excess pesticide residues fourfold higher in imported food, agency finds
There is a low risk to consumer health from exposure to pesticide residues in food but imports from third countries need to be monitored since they are four times more likely to exceed recommended levels, according to the latest findings of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
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Rising temperatures across Spain are thought to be responsible for growing numbers of insecticide-resistant Germanic cockroaches.
Euroviews. We mustn’t repeat the tragedy of asbestos when it comes to pesticides
We need to ban all synthetic pesticides and implement agroecological practices that boost health and nature as quickly as possible. What is the EU waiting for, Agnieszka Basińska, Francis Balay and Xavier Brenez write.
Organic farms increase pesticide use in nearby fields, study suggests
Are organic farms ‘pest hot spots’? Study investigates rise in pesticide use in neighbouring fields.
Half of Denmark's water supplies contaminated with toxins – new report
An investigation commissioned by several Danish regional councils says the situation is critical and threatens the country's transition to a green economy.
Fruit and veg increasingly tainted by 'forever-chemicals', NGO warns
Analysis conducted by Pesticide Action Network Europe revives debate on PFAS ban covering active substances in pesticides.
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Every two years, all 193 UN Member States come together to address critical environmental issues facing the planet.
Governments caught off guard by von der Leyen’s U-turn on pesticides
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's decision to withdraw a proposal that would have forced farmers to drastically reduce their reliance on chemical pesticides marks an abrupt end to Belgium's attempt to recast the legislation as a tool to promote greener alternatives.