| Title | Swiss Mired in Poisonous Row Over Pesticides | |
| Date | Monday June 07 2021, @04:27AM | |
| Author | mrpg | |
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| from the poisonous-pesticides-plague-the-pasture dept. | ||
Swiss mired in poisonous row over pesticides:
[...] The Swiss will vote on Jun 13 on a proposal which, if it passes, would make Switzerland the first country in the world to ban synthetic pesticides.
Proponents seek to ban pesticides with non-naturally occurring chemicals - and not only for agriculture but also for public green spaces, private gardens, and even for killing the weeds on railway tracks.
The initiative, entitled "For a Switzerland free from synthetic pesticides", would also ban the import of foodstuffs produced with synthetic pesticides, so as not to put Swiss farmers at a disadvantage.
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