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The problem
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pesticides
Pesticides are everywhere: in our parks and gardens, on cut
flowers, in food and drinks, on furniture, in pet treatments, on
farmland and railway tracks.
Pesticides are designed to kill or damage living organisms – they
are not designed to kill specific insects, they kill all insects.
The pesticide industry is a multi-million pound business that invests
huge amounts of capital into continually improving the efficiency of
their products – poisons – which are also affecting birds and wildlife.
Pesticides also damage human health
What many people do not know is that pesticides attack the nervous
system in humans the same way they attack the nervous system
in insects. Exposure in humans is linked to cancer, Parkinson’s
disease, infertility and many other diseases.
In response to the mounting evidence regarding the harmfulness of
pesticides, Paris declared itself pesticide-free ten years ago – today
Paris bees provide more honey than their rural cousins.
At present, British government policy is not to ban an ingredient or
chemical until it has been proven harmful to health. Even then, action
is not guaranteed. In addition, most testing is not conducted
independently, but by the pesticide manufacturers themselves.
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