The European Commission is asking Italy to reduce pesticides by 62 percent, despite the fact that the health and environmental risks induced by these products are already very low and their uses have almost halved in thirty years.
Some sources claim there is not much logic at the basis of these assignments. The Commission’s anti-pesticide stance has in fact based its guiding criteria for the allocation of reductions above all on the kilos per hectare ratio. The system rewards countries that see their agriculture gravitate heavily on the prevalence of pastures and cereals, punishing those who are instead characterized by specialized productions, orchards, vineyards and vegetables.
Source: geneticliteracyproject.org
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