Where the world is on fire with various wars, the EU is continuing an invisible chemical war by continuing its massive exports of banned, toxic pesticides to all corners of the world. Today the ‘End Toxic Pesticide Trade Coalition’ demands in an open letter to EC-president Ursula von der Leyen to keep its 2020 promise and put an end of the EU production, export and residue imports of those banned pesticides.| Corporate Europe Observatory
Pesticide poisoning is a common method of suicide in many low- to middle-income countries. Banning highly toxic pesticides and substituting them with less fatal ones can save lives.| Our World in Data