Pesticides are seriously damaging to health
A report confirms the danger of pesticides on health for farmers and residents. Exposure to these substances is believed to ...
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The suicide of a driver recognized as an industrial accident
A Breton driver killed himself after an accident related to the handling of medicinal products. His suicide was recognized as ...
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Roundup: the League against cancer calls for its ban
The authorization for glyphosate (Roundup) is about to expire. The League against cancer and the foodwatch association ask, in a ...
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Pesticides: case of pediatric cancer in a wine-growing town of Gironde
An excess of cancer cases has been observed in children living in a wine-growing town in Gironde. Although not confirmed, ...
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Pesticides: an investigation for manslaughter after the death of a farmer
This is a first in France. The Pôle Santé Publique de Paris opens an investigation for “manslaughter” after the death ...
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Breast cancer: four times more likely in women exposed to DDT
Women exposed in utero to DDT, an insecticide banned for over 30 years, are four times more likely to develop ...
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The apple is the fruit most loaded with pesticides
Nearly three quarters of apples grown in Europe contain toxic doses of pesticides, according to a report published by the ...
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Insecticides: harmful effects on children’s brains
A French study suggests that children's exposure to certain insecticides may cause neurocognitive delay. According to a study carried out ...
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Eat organic to reduce pesticides in the body
Swedish researchers have succeeded in establishing a link between the consumption of organic products and the reduction of toxic products ...
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Pesticides: Greenpeace warns about health risks
The effects on the health of farmers, but also of consumers, are once again denounced by Greenpeace, which calls for ...
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Greenpeace: activists block the InVivo cooperative
About twenty Greenpeace activists settled down this Wednesday morning in front of the Paris headquarters of the agricultural cooperative InVivo, ...
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Drugs: Colombia bans pesticide spraying
The fight against drug trafficking in Colombia is slowing down. The government has banned the spraying of pesticides on coca ...
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Pesticides: the family of a winegrower files a complaint against X
For 42 years, James-Bernard Murat was exposed to sodium arsenite. The family of the winegrower, who died of cancer in ...
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Pesticides: the daughter of a Bordeaux winegrower files a complaint against X
James-Bernard Murat was exposed for 42 years to sodium arsenite. The daughter of the winegrower, who died of cancer in ...
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Food: more than 7,000 products recalled due to a pesticide
Products containing an amount of ethylene oxide, much higher than the regulations, were recalled on Monday. Ice creams, breads and ...
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WHO classifies garden pesticides as probable carcinogens
Five pesticides, including a molecule present in Roundup, could play a role in the development of certain cancers, according to ...
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Europe: half of food contains pesticides
Half of the food consumed in Europe has residues of one or more pesticides, according to a report produced by ...
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Phytosanitary products: ANSES will be able to remove the most dangerous
From July 2015, ANSES will do more than advise on the toxicity of plant protection products. It will now be ...
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Paul François, a farmer’s fight against pesticides
PORTRAIT. As the agricultural show begins this weekend, Pourquoi Docteur went to meet Paul François, a farmer addicted to pesticides ...
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Pesticides: reduce their use by 50% in ten years
A 25% drop in the use of pesticides should be achieved by 2020, according to the Minister of Agriculture, who ...
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Pesticide use started to rise again in 2013
The use of phytosanitary products increased by 9.2% in 2013 according to a report submitted to the Prime Minister today.The ...
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The cancer of a dock worker recognized as an occupational disease
He died in 2011, but his fight paid off. The bladder and thyroid cancers of a former Nantes dock worker ...
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Mushrooms: residues of pesticides, nicotine and heavy metals …
The Belgian consumer association Test-Achats has screened around thirty mushrooms. Some results are alarming, especially for dried mushrooms.Beware, dangerous fungus. ...
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Organic food: does it really reduce the risk of cancer?
A large French cohort follow-up study states that the heaviest consumers of organic food would have a 25% reduction in ...
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Argentina: tangerine contaminated with banned pesticide kills girl
© iStock PhotoAfter eating a tangerine contaminated with Furadan, a pesticide banned in Argentina, a 12-year-old girl died. The autopsy ...
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Pesticides: the studies selected underestimate the risks
Pesticide registration applications must include studies on the molecules used. But according to a survey, the majority of approvals are ...
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The first map of France for pesticide victims
© iStockPhotosSince 2010, the Générations futures association has collected hundreds of testimonies from victims (residents or professionals). pesticides. On the ...
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Pesticides: the effects extend over three generations
The genes of people exposed to pesticides are affected over several generations. A recent study highlights the harmful effects of ...
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Pesticides: measures to protect schools and hospitals
Voted yesterday, the bill on the future of agriculture further regulates the spreading of pesticides near sensitive places. It will ...
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Use of pesticides: 1,500 families observed with a magnifying glass
The Pesti'home study aims to better understand the domestic uses of products that eliminate pests in homes. Results on pesticide ...
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