Dutch lower flower trade in scorching water over pesticides | EUROtoday

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The Netherlands is the world’s chief in contemporary flower manufacturing. Over the previous decade, the sector has grown by a fifth. But NGOs have been warning in regards to the excessive ranges of pesticides in Dutch flowers. One examine even confirmed {that a} third of the substances analysed had been banned within the European Union, a few of them greater than 20 years in the past. In France, a florist who labored with flowers from the Netherlands lately obtained recognition of her daughter’s dying from most cancers from the Pesticide Victims Compensation Fund, placing Dutch flower sellers within the scorching seat. Our correspondents report.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250108-dutch-cut-flower-industry-in-hot-water-over-pesticides