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World News 1: EU firms accused of ‘abhorrent’ export of banned pesticides to Brazil

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:38 am
by bob_turner
BASF among firms selling chemicals to sugar industry despite links to human health risksPesticides banned in the EU because of their links to human health risks are being exported and used on farms in Brazil supplying Nestlé, an investigation has revealed.Europe is home to some of the world’s biggest and most profitable chemical companies, including the Swiss-based Syngenta and the German multinationals BASF and Bayer.This article was amended on 25 April 2023. Although...

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