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Small plastic particles end up in trees
Small plastic particles find their way through the roots to the leaves and needles of trees. In this way they disrupt photosynthesis, as an...
Criticism of the Court of Audit – Pesticides are “not sufficiently” reduced
In its “Farm to Fork” strategy and biodiversity strategy, the European Union aims to halve chemical pesticides by 2030. “The implementation of these targets...
The wind blew the poison away – the farmer sprayed pesticides, five sheep were now dead
A farmer from Upper Austria wanted to protect his corn from weeds and killed five of his neighbor's sheep. His weed killer was blown...
This is how glyphosate affects marine life
Even the smallest amounts of pesticides cause irreparable damage to important single-celled organisms in the sea. Viennese researchers have discovered that a herbicide with...
The KV minimum wages in the chemical industry will increase retroactively from May 1
Employer and employee representatives from the chemical industry reached agreement on a new collective labor agreement with a term of twelve months in the...
