EU chemicals strategy to address pesticide chemical cocktails
The EU chemicals strategy adopted on Wednesday aims to address the cumulative and combined effects of chemicals, including pesticides, stressing a need to accelerate work on methodologies that ensure existing provisions can be fully implemented. The strategy is intended as a first step towards a zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, as announced in […]
Natural is better? Fungus used in organic pesticides may cause ‘severe rot’ in corn, study finds
Increasingly organic pesticides are also being sought as an alternative. Some organic pesticides contain live spores of the fungus Trichoderma, which have the ability to suppress other pathogens. Researchers at the University of Göttingen have now discovered that one Trichoderma species can cause severe rot in cobs of maize. The massive outbreak of a previously […]
Where Do Pesticides Banned in Europe Go? Mostly to Poorer Countries, While Two-Thirds of Those Sent to Richer Counties Head for the U.S.
An investigation has revealed that companies in the United Kingdom, as well as in some European Union countries, are exporting massive amounts of pesticides – banned in their own jurisdictions – to poorer countries. More than 89,000 tons of such pesticides were exported in 2018, largely to countries where toxic pesticide use poses the greatest […]