Pesticides
A skeptical look at Earth Day
IPN Opinion article
Earth Day is now 40 but the environmental movement is still fighting old and pointless battles, such as the one against life-enhancing pesticides. On the other hand, it is not fighting battles that really do need fighting to allow the poor to improve their lot all over the world.
Killing the malaria killer
IPN Opinion article
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
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
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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