The new Pesticide Atlas, published on Tuesday 18 October by the NGOs Friends of the Earth Europe (FoE), PAN Europe and the Heinrich-Böll Foundation, highlights the impact of toxic pesticides on the environment and the health of farmers and consumers in the EU and worldwide.
This Atlas shows in particular:
- that the EU is one of the largest pesticide markets in the world, with almost a quarter of all pesticides sold in its territory, but it is also the largest exporting region,...