The fossil fuel underneath your food
When the Strait of Hormuz closed, it did not just raise the price of petrol. It revealed the hidden energy bill of every meal on every table
By Nicolas Netien
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Customs dept seizes Chinese pesticides falsely labelled as European
The customs department on Tuesday announced the seizure of over five tonnes of pesticides which originated in China after finding that they had falsely labelled as having been made in ...
Customs officers seize banned agricultural products at Astromeritis crossing
Customs officers confiscated banned pesticides and seeds found in a vehicle at the Astromeritis-Zodia crossing point, it was announced on Tuesday.
The inspection took place on April 25, when officials from ...
We are what we eat: The dangers pesticides pose in the marine environment
By Christiana Tourapi
In April 2023, Dr Ime Akanyeti, Dr Beste Oymen, and Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre embarked on a journey to identify and quantify the pesticides in the marine ...
The dangers hidden within everyday products
Endocrine disruptors: safeguarding our health and environment
By Christina Massaad
As residents of Europe, we are surrounded by a wealth of modern conveniences, from plastic containers and personal care products ...
House committee chairman raises pitfalls of blanket pesticide ban
Cyprus is looking forward to the adoption of a ‘rational’ compromise for pesticides regulation, the House of Representatives announced on Tuesday.
Agriculture committee chairman, Giannakis Gabriel, said that rational regulation ...
Pesticides should be used as a last resort
Even with the known risks to health and ecosystems, conventional agriculture is hooked on chemical pesticides
Things are better than they used to be on the pesticides front. For example, ...
Agricultural policy: a new era for Cyprus and Europe
The European Commission has acknowledged some tweaking is necessary to their original regulation limiting pesticide use, but farmers must acknowledge change is coming
By Alexandra Attalides
Τhe recent mobilisation of ...
Agriculture Minister to discuss pesticide use directive at EU Council
The sustainable use of pesticide regulation in the EU will be among the topics discussed at the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers Council, which is taking place in Luxembourg on June 26...
‘Fake facts’ on the EU’s Nature Restoration Law
EU effort to bring in an ambitious plan to restore natural systems has taken a battering in Cyprus and elsewhere in the bloc
Nature restoration makes total good sense. We ...
Our View: Must Cyprus farmers pay price for rushed green policies?
Farmers were on the streets again on Monday, making a nuisance of themselves, some might say, over EU regulations designed to cut pesticides, a very worthy endeavour it must be ...
Farmers to protest proposed pesticide ban
Cypriot farmers plan to protest against the proposal to further limit the use of hazardous pesticides across the European Union, saying this will bring “huge environmental consequences”.
The demonstration will ...
Ready to discuss reduction of pesticide use, says health commissioner
Commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakidou, said there is a need for EU member states to promptly agree on regulations for agricultural pesticide use. Speaking on Monday in ...
Pesticide sales in Cyprus edge down over 2011-2020
The sale of pesticides in Cyprus has edged down in the past ten years, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat.
These showed that between 2011 and 2020, the sale of ...
Eurostat: Cyprus has highest increase in pesticide sales in EU
Cyprus increased its total sales of pesticides by 101 per cent between 2011 and 2019, by far the highest increase in the EU, the latest Eurostat figures show.
Of the 18 EU countries for ...