Pesticides Banned in the EU Are Still Being Sent Abroad
3 days ago
- #environmental health
- #EU pesticide exports
- #Global South
- The EU exported banned pesticides to the Global South in 2024 despite promises to stop.
- European companies planned to export pesticides with 75 banned chemicals, nearly double the number in 2018.
- Germany was the largest exporter (50,256 tonnes), followed by Belgium (16,477 tonnes) and Spain (12,883 tonnes).
- 75% of banned pesticide exports went to low- or middle-income nations with weaker regulations.
- Major recipients included Brazil (14,644 tonnes), India (2,086 tonnes), Colombia (1,905 tonnes), Indonesia (1,844 tonnes), and the Philippines (2,277 tonnes).
- Russia received 4,257 tonnes of banned pesticides, as they were not restricted due to the war in Ukraine.
- Harmful chemicals in exports included 1,3-dichloropropene (20,848 tonnes), Glufosinate (19,543 tonnes), Mancozeb (8,518 tonnes), Picoxystrobin (7,665 tonnes), and Epoxiconazole (7,394 tonnes).