France leads in pesticide use; risks rise, but safer alternatives are shared during Action Week.
Some key elements:
France is number one in pesticide (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and parasiticides) usage in Europe, right behind the USA and Japan worldwide
-more than 2 Billion Euros are spent on pesticides each year by farming operations
-traces of pesticides can be found in most rivers and underground aquifers
-pesticide residues can even be found in your blood and fat tissues, and maternal milk... Despite the fact that there is no proof as of today that these traces can cause illness, the health risks related to repeated exposure to these poisons are very well documented
Alternatives do exist. From the 20th till the 30th of March, the 9th annual Pesticide Action Week will be the best time to get to know about them.
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Little girl holding a Tomatoe 'Coeur de boeuf' ; 5 years old girl
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Poppy flowers in cereal field France
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Carrots in the pocket of a man
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Sicilian man picking bio-dynamically grown oranges from an orange tree, organic oranges, near [...]
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Girl eating a plum 'Quetsche' in a garden France ; Girl 5 year old
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Green Lacewing on a stem in a bog Vosges France
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Broccoli shoot in the hands of a farmer, organic farming, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South [...]
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Girl in a field of sunflowers in bloom - France [...]
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Black table grapes ripe for the picking Vaucluse France ; EARL Les Combettes
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Boy holding basket of apples
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Harvest in a organic tea plantation in Assam in India
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Organic Cocoa pods, Santana, Sao Tome and Principe Island
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Quinoa with child in a field in Bolivia
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Harvest of radishes 'Glaçon' at "Les jardins de Théia"
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Field with lettuce, organic farming, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
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Girl walking in a field of grass France
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Spreading pesticides in a vineyard in spring France
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Organic Vineyard - Orschwihr Alsace France
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Roe Deer in a grain field Portrait Aube France ; Forêt de la Perthe, France
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Treatment of beet seedlings by pesticides France
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Bleuet sur un épi de blé vert Allemagne ; Le bleuet prouve l'absence d'herbiscides chimiques