Fastac, a Pesticide Banned Since 2020, Identified in a Basf Plant

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The German agrochemical giant would continue to produce a toxic insecticide in France to export to Russia or Ukraine. An "illegal" practice, reacts the ministry of ecological transition.

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According to Mediapart, Fastac insecticide continues to be manufactured in France by BASF, despite its ban. A product that, according to Public Eye and Unarted NGOs, has been exported in the last two years from Europe to Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus.

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The group of environmental activists of "GMO's voluntary mowers and mowers" claimed to have discovered in BASF's premises "a stock of the fastac pesticide, banned in France, as well as its active substance, alpha-cypermethrin, banned throughout the European Union".