#pesticides

Pesticide residues exceeded EU limits in 13.1 per cent of plant food samples tested in Cyprus last year, according to the state general laboratory report published on Friday. Of 466 samples, 61 were ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...