The French government has approved the export of more than 7,400 tonnes of banned pesticides so far this year, despite introducing a landmark law intended to prohibit the practice, a new Unearthed and Public Eye investigation has found.
Among these planned exports are 14 different chemicals that have been prohibited from use on farms across the European Union in order to protect human health or the environment.
They include notorious “bee-killing” neonicotinoid insecticides, banned from outdoor use in the EU to protect pollinators. They also include pesticides banned over human health concerns such as endocrine disruption and damage to DNA, and environmental concerns such as groundwater contamination and toxicity to wildlife.
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