Spain annually allows export to the third countries, most of which are developing countries, with about 17,000 tons of banned pesticides … In the European Union, according to the official data of the ministry for environmental transition, the last corresponding to 2023.
This is the main conclusion of a report prepared by environmental scientists at work, OBRERAS, European Environmental Office, the European Working Network against pesticides and the General Eye Organization, which is achieved in the European Union.
The authors consider Europe a dual standard when protecting health and environment from the risks of the most toxic insecticides. While protection has improved in its territory, prohibiting the use of more than 247 active materials, it continues to produce and export these prohibited products to the third countries, which mostly lack the ability to manage the risks involved in their use.
The main material that was exported to the document indicates, was 1.3-Dicloropropino (1.3-D), which is a fumigation in the soil used in the cultivation of vegetables and fruits, in which Spain sold approximately 13,000 tons, mainly to the United States and the United States.
The export of pesticides prohibited on the report insists, “It has devastating effects on human health and the global southern environment, which is a violation of human rights.” “It was sold several times in plastic bags, without information about their risks, and these pesticides – condemned – causes dozens of child mortality due to poisoning, such as those reported from September to November 2024 by Cameroon and South Africa organizations.” The analysis confirms that its use by farmers, often without any information or personal protection, is able to cause the death of 11,000 people every year in the world.
Pomeran effect
The study also confirms that, as in the influence of Boumelan, banned pesticides belong to Spain as waste in foods imported from additional delivery countries. According to the latest data available, in 2022, the Spanish Agency for Food and Nutrition Security (AESAN) discovered six pesticides banned in imported foods, including in rice, wheat, peach or beans. In addition, they add, they assume unfair competition for European farmers, who cannot use these materials in their lands that the European Union sells abroad.
The authors believe that the ban on the export of banned pesticides will not pose a threat to employment, nor will it have a major impact on the European Union’s economy, according to a study conducted by European PAN. In fact, they explain, in France, after carrying out prohibited pesticide care, they have discovered a small number of job losses. The same will happen in Spain, given that the number of workers has decreased in dozens of banned pesticide export companies.
