Prostate cancer: do pesticides increase the risk?
American researchers have identified 22 pesticides associated with an increase in cases of prostate cancer, including four linked to increased ...
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More than 1,300 newborns have died from increased pesticide use in the United States
The mass death of insect-eating bats is leading to an increase in pesticide use in the United States. According to ...
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Pregnancy: exposure to pesticides increases risk of stillbirth
Living within 500 meters of an area where pesticides are sprayed before conception and early in pregnancy could increase the ...
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Pesticides raise the risk of certain cancers as much as smoking
A new study shows that for some cancers, the effect of agricultural pesticide use is comparable to that of smoking. ...
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Massive recall of Charentais melons containing too many pesticides in 11 departments
Green Charentais melons grown in Morocco and sold in Leclerc stores are being recalled in several French departments because they ...
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Pesticides: hundreds of caregivers denounce the “denial of scientific knowledge”
Many caregivers call on the authorities not to ignore existing scientific expertise concerning “the role of pesticides in the collapse ...
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Pesticides: ever more “eternal pollutants” in European fruits and vegetables
The presence of pesticides containing PFAS substances has increased considerably in recent years in fruits and vegetables consumed in the ...
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PFAS: some pesticides are even more harmful than we thought
The NGOs Générations Futures and Pesticide Action Network Europe are warning of the presence of PFAS in many pesticides, making ...
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Lymphoblastic leukemia: the more vines, the greater the risk for children
Researchers from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research have just published a study showing a link between pediatric ...
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A third of drinking water in France is contaminated by a pesticide
© ShutterstockHave you ever heard of chlorothalonil? Arrived in France in 1970 and finally banned in 2020, this pesticide (used ...
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Melons recalled due to high pesticide content
© Shutterstock / Oxana DenezhkinaBe careful if you just bought melon for your large summer tables. Certain batches are being ...
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Recall: cucumbers withdrawn from stores due to high pesticide content
© Shutterstock / Brent HofackerIt is not always possible to completely avoid traces of pesticides in food. Thus, the WHO ...
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Pesticides banned for use in the EU found in jam jars
A new survey conducted by 60 million consumers reveals that some jams sold in supermarkets contain pesticides, including two banned ...
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Recall of winged bull rice: the pesticide identified had been banned for neurotoxicity and genotoxicity
© ShutterstockIf you have to wholegrain basmati rice from the winged bull brand (Lustucru) in your cupboards, check its batch ...
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Product recall: this popular rice sold throughout France contains too many pesticides
Be careful if you recently bought rice. A batch of wholegrain basmati rice from the Taureau Ailé brand, sold throughout ...
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Chlordecone: 4 recommendations to reduce dietary exposure in the West Indies
Chlordecone has not been used in Guadeloupe and Martinique since 1993 but this pesticide, recognized as an endocrine disruptor and ...
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Dementia: environmental toxins suspected of increasing cases
Exposure to toxic substances such as microplastics, pesticides and other toxins could play a role in the development of neurological ...
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Fall fruits: watch out for pesticides
The Pesticide Action Network (Pan) Europe has sounded the alarm about the increase in fruit contamination by the most dangerous ...
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Banned metam-sodium pesticides
The sale of pesticides containing metam-sodium will be definitively prohibited, following 81 human intoxications in the West.The sale of pesticides ...
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Pesticides: fetuses exposed to these substances would sleep longer in adolescence
The exposure of pregnant women to pesticides could affect the sleep habits of their children once they are teenagers… But ...
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Pesticides: after overcoming cancer at 33, Julien Guillard asks for compensation
Justice must decide this Wednesday to know if a former agricultural worker who had blood cancer because of the use ...
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Prohibited substances: the French are still exposed to pesticides
In a recent study, Public Health France revealed that pesticides banned in France are still present on our plates and ...
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Pesticides: chlorpyrifos may play a role in obesity
Banned in European Union countries since 2020, the pesticide chlorpyrifos, pinned as a neurotoxic and endocrine disruptor, would also promote ...
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World Parkinson’s Day: “Farmer, I contracted the disease because of cleaning products”
On the occasion of World Parkinson's Awareness Day, Breton farmer Sylvie Chaplain, 59, tells us about her fight against the ...
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Pesticides: a proven link with leukemia
Heavy exposure to pesticides, primarily insecticides, increases the risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrow ...
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Cancer: farmers on the front line
Exposure to pesticides, in particular, leads to an increased risk of developing certain cancers among farmers, such as blood, prostate, ...
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Derogation for beets: are neonicotinoids harmful to human health?
After the Assembly, the Senate also voted on the exemptions for the sugar beet sector concerning the use of neonicotinoids. ...
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How Pesticides Accelerate the Spread of Pests
A study by researchers at UC Berkeley shows that agrochemicals are responsible for increasing the transmission of the schitosome, a ...
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Banned pesticides present in the air
The analysis of the ambient air by three agencies for a year revealed the presence of banned products, some for ...
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Chlordecone in the West Indies: how did we get rid of stocks after the ban on the pesticide?
According to a France2 report broadcast on February 27, after the banning of the highly toxic pesticide chlordecone in the ...
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