[ad_1] The EU’s environmental watchdog has hit back at calls to stall a 50% cut in the use and risks of synthetic pesticides and a 20% cut in fertiliser use by 2030, arguing that the Ukraine crisis provides scant justification for delay. EU states with the backing of powerful farmContinue Reading
[ad_1] Pesticides banned in the EU because of their links to human health risks are being exported and used on farms in Brazil supplying Nestlé, an investigation has revealed. Europe is home to some of the world’s biggest and most profitable chemical companies, including the Swiss-based Syngenta and the GermanContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. European Union politicians and officials have rounded on the front-line Eastern states of Poland, Hungary and Slovakia for imposing import bans on Ukrainian farm produce, denouncing the curbs as illegal and counterproductive. The three countries banned imports ofContinue Reading