How Pesticides Are Giving Millions of Farmers Sleepless Nights
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In the mid-1990s, the hives were silently extinguishing. A worrying collapse that French beekeepers soon linked to the appearance of a new pesticide, the imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid known as the "mad pesticide". In 1998, they alerted the public authorities, denouncing an invisible but massive threat. Twenty-five years later, a global study revealed that this pesticide and its derivatives are still present in 75% of honey samples.
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The main function of pesticides (also known as pesticides) is to control or eliminate organisms considered pests that can cause damage to crops, animals, human health or material goods if they are not well used, administered or distributed. Among some threats we know they can produce; Acute poisonings can occur by inhalation, dermal contact or accidental ingestion, especially in agricultural workers or persons handling products without adequate …
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