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How toxic is the industry behind pesticides?

Louise Osborne
June 18, 2024

Synthetic pesticides are poisonous to the environment. Yet, we need them to grow our crops — at least in conventional, industrial agriculture. Pesticide producers make billions in sales and have lobbied the EU to keep our food systems in place. But how harmful are synthetic pesticides?

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