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EU: stop toxic pesticide exports!

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To the EU Commission and all EU heads of State:

As European citizens, we call on you to act now: close the loophole that allows toxic chemicals banned in Europe to be sold to the Global South. Every life is equal - and no one should be poisoned for profit.
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EU: stop toxic pesticide exports!
We banned the worst pesticides at home, but chemical companies still sell them abroad harming people and nature. And that poison is boomeranging back to our food. In France, we just won a campaign to stop the comeback of a bee-killing pesticide. Now let’s take the fight further.

Europe has a dirty secret.

Bayer and BASF keep making billions selling pesticides so dangerous they're banned here to countries abroad.

From Brazil to South Africa, farmers are getting sick, rivers are poisoned, and bees are disappearing. And it doesn’t stop there as these chemicals return to our supermarket shelves, our plates, and are hidden in imported tea, coffee and spices. Tests found 69 banned active substances were detected in our food.

This loophole is no accident. Chemical industry lobbies have fought hard to preserve it and will continue to do so - unless we act now.

We’re writing to you because together we can change it. The EU commission is now considering a full ban on toxic exports. If millions of us speak out now, we can win this over lobbies. Belgium has already acted. Now let’s push the whole EU to follow.

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