Instead of halting exports of life-threatening pesticides banned within the bloc, the European Union has continued — and even increased — shipments to the Global South, despite its pledge to end the practice, Human Rights Watch says.
Why? Syngenta gotta make money and the EU is only responsible to its own citizens and firms. So they banned paraquat use in 2007 to protect its citizens, while letting Syngenta continue making it.
Why? Syngenta gotta make money and the EU is only responsible to its own citizens and firms. So they banned paraquat use in 2007 to protect its citizens, while letting Syngenta continue making it.
Nothing could possibly go wrong. /s