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"En moyenne, 15 substances sont quantifiées dans l’eau de mer par site de suivi. Les trois quarts des 66 substances recherchées dans l’eau marine apparaissent au moins une fois."
Et en premier, on retrouve les HERBICIDES évidemment... Visiblement, ça n'a pas d'effet sur les algues vertes donc on va peut-être penser Š lever le pied hein ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Des pesticides et des substances pharmaceutiques relevés sur l’ensemble du littoral français
De 2021 à 2024, les scientifiques de l’Ifremer et du laboratoire EPOC, rattaché entre autres au CNRS, ont recherché dans l’eau de mer et dans des mollusques la présence d’une centaine de contaminants.

"The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson’s May Be All Around Us"
Compelling arguments about chemical exposure being a vector for Parkinsons. Woven throughout is an infuriating thread of obstruction: chemical producers denying science similar to big tobacco, successful lobbying efforts 💰 to secure support from congress, and weakening US health government oversight.

Opinion | The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson’s May Be All Around Us
There is a growing mountain of imperfect but troubling evidence that pesticides and other chemicals may be behind the exploding rates of the disease.

EU chemical firms plan to export rising quantities of ‘toxic’ pesticides, documents show https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/23/eu-chemical-firms-export-toxic-pesticides

Scandaleux :
"les entreprises chimiques européennes planifient d'exporter des quantités croissantes de pesticides "toxiques" jugés trop dangereux pour être pulvérisés dans les exploitations agricoles de l'UE, malgré leur engagement Š mettre fin Š cette pratique."
#pesticides

Glyphosate: Cancer, liver disease, endocrine disruption and other health concerns #health

Glyphosate: Cancer, liver disease, endocrine disruption and other health concerns
Studies linking glyphosate, the key chemical in Roundup herbicides, to cancer, liver disease, endocrine disruption and other illnesses.

BTW - that CBC article used a lot of numbers from this report, which because it's all numbers is awesome. Some tidbits:
- The number of farms over 3,500 acres has nearly doubled in 20 years.
- 41.3% of Canadian farmland is rented.
- From 1971 to 2021, the farm population declined by 62.2%, from 1 in 14 Canadians to 1 in 61.
- Farm debt has more than doubled in the last 20 years, from $43B in 2002 to $138.8B in 2022. That is currently 10x the size of net farm income.
- In 2021, 96,043 tonnes of pesticides were sold for agricultural use – more than three times the amount sold in 1991.
#Statistics #Farming
https://www.nfu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Canadian-Ag-by-the-Numbers-2024.pdf

🌽 Closely sown corn plants communicate to defend themselves
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-08-24/closely-sown-corn-plants-communicate-to-defend-themselves.html

Closely sown corn plants communicate to defend themselves
By releasing an alcohol into the air that causes neighbors’ roots to exude pesticides, they can even protect subsequent generations of crops

"From clean air to pesticides: how UK has lagged behind EU on the environment"
#UK #Unitedingdom #EU #EuropeanUnion

PFAS: Dans un courrier, le Conseil d’Etat valaisan exhorte la conseillère fédérale Elisabeth Baume-Schneider Š poursuivre l’étude qui devait documenter les conséquences des polluants sur la santé des Suisses. Dans les cantons de Vaud et Neuchâtel, les ministres de la Santé déplorent aussi ce renoncement
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/valais/le-valais-s-insurge-contre-l-abandon-de-l-etude-sur-les-pfas-et-les-pesticides-une-decision-insensee