viernes, 7 de junio de 2019

The USA lags behind other large agricultural economies in banning harmful pesticides - On Biology

The USA lags behind other large agricultural economies in banning harmful pesticides - On Biology

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Nathan Donley

Nathan Donley is a former cancer researcher at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, OR. He is now a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity where he studies pesticide regulation and policy.




The USA lags behind other large agricultural economies in banning harmful pesticides

50 years ago the USA led the way in regulating pesticides, but research published today in Environmental Health finds that the country is still using many pesticides that are either banned or being phased out in the EU, China and Brazil. In this blog Nathan Donley, author of the research, tells us about his study and how an unofficial policy of relying on voluntary pesticide cancellations has led to this situation.
Would you be surprised if I told you that the United States uses a lot of agricultural pesticides that are banned in Europe? Maybe not. But what about pesticides that are banned in China? Or Brazil?

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