Insecticide

Killing the malaria killer

IPN Opinion article

Author: Richard Tren

On World Malaria Day, activists and governments discuss many weapons against the disease except one of the most effective: DDT 

EU's false insecticide fears pose real threat to Africa

IPN Opinion article

Author: Jasson Urbach

The European Parliament has recently agreed to ban scores of pesticides inside Europe on scientifically dubious and highly precautionary grounds. What EU policymakers failed to realise is how this legislation will harm the fight against diseases like malaria abroad.

Pesticide proposals cast a cloud over global food production

IPN Opinion article

Author: Franklin Cudjoe

The European Union plans to save its citizens from a hypothetical threat by banning a fifth of pesticides, creating a real threat to crop yields, food prices and the poor ñ especially in Africa.

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