The dirty portofolios of the pesticides industry: product evaluation and ranking of leading agrochemical companies
"This report is unique in several ways. It is the first ranking of the world's leading pesticideproducing companies based on the risks and effects of their pesticides on human health and the environment. It is based on 14 hazard criteria, taking into account deficiencies in existing data c...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Greenpeace
2008
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19291172124910193549-The-dirty-portofolios-of-the-p.htm |
| Summary: | "This report is unique in several ways. It is the first ranking of the world's leading pesticideproducing companies based on the risks and effects of their pesticides on human health and the environment. It is based on 14 hazard criteria, taking into account deficiencies in existing data concerning their toxicity. It also considers the risk of "hidden" pesticides whose presence in food cannot be monitored properly. Finally, it estimates the release of these pesticides into the environment - an exposure factor. All these factors are compiled and transformed into a ranking of the pesticide portfolios of BASF, Bayer, Dow, Monsanto and Syngenta. This report is the Black Book of the pesticides industry.
Can these companies claim to be clean and sustainable? No. Their portfolios are to a large extent full of dirty pesticides which are highly dangerous and damaging to human health and to the environment. Yet at the same time most of the companies' portfolios contain pesticides which pose a significantly lower risk to human beings and nature. This demonstrates that the chemical industry can do better if it chooses to. As long as conventional agriculture resorts to pesticides, only such lower-risk substances should be used. Such a change towards low hazard solutions is possible, and it does not have to mean that the companies analysed in this report will be forced out of business. ..." |
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| Physical Description: | 61 p. Digital |