No Crackdown on Pesticide Use

No Crackdown on Pesticide Use

The Trump administration says there won’t be a crackdown on pesticide use in the U.S. Politico says that’s despite a report from the Make America Healthy Again Committee that called crop protection products dangerous to people’s health. During a recent policy roundtable in Washington, D.C., seven out of the ten speakers mentioned how important pesticides and fertilizers are in modern agricultural production systems. Agriculture industry lobbyist…

Pesticides in our food: The silent danger washing can’t remove

Often, we believe that washing fruits and vegetables removes all pesticides, making them safe to eat. However, this is not the case as these chemicals are absorbed into the food, and we end up consuming them unknowingly. In Rwanda, chemical pesticides are widely used in agriculture, but their effects on health and the environment is to an extent, underestimated. ALSO READ: Chemical exposure: Unmasking the risks to human health According to the N…