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.
  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Unbelievable

    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

  • e8d79@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    10 days ago

    These pesticides definitely shouldn’t be produced anymore, but I think the various governments of the “global south” have to step up as well and regulate this for themselves.