Fwd: [paepard] Gaps in EU regulation against banned pesticides

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SUBJECT:
[paepard] Gaps in EU regulation against banned pesticides

DATE:
2020-04-17 10:07

FROM:
"Francois Stepman" <fstepman@gmail.com>

TO:
"Platform for African - European Partnership in Agricultural Research
for Development Phase II (PAEPARD II)" <PAEPARD@dgroups.org>

REPLY-TO:
"Platform for African - European Partnership in Agricultural Research
for Development Phase II (PAEPARD II)" <PAEPARD@dgroups.org>

*European pesticide giants are making huge profits at the cost of human
rights. About 200,000 people die every year due to poisoning from
pesticides. The major part of these deaths occur in the Global South.
This
has to stop now!*

Dr. Thilo Bode Director of foodwatch International

https://www.foodwatch.org/en/news/2020/petition-started-stop-the-poison…

Full report (17 pages)
https://www.foodwatch.org/fileadmin/-INT/transparency_and_food_safety/d…

*Related PAEPARD blogpost:*
The Food Challenge: toxic pesticides in Kenya
<https://paepard.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-food-challenge-toxic-pesticide…;
Concerns have been raised
<https://routetofood.org/withdraw-harmful-agrochemicals-from-the-market/…;
about
the safety of food in Kenya. In particular, the increased prevalence of
harmful chemical pesticides.
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