Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/50-per-cent-world-farmers-poisoned-pesticides-every-year-experts

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Hegar@fedia.io · 12 pts · 5d

Also a huge contributor to the mass extinction event currently underway.

Pesticide companies should be forced to direct most of their profits to mitigation efforts and their executives need to be jailed.

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 4d (1 reply)

Yet they will fight tooth and nail to keep using the poison that kills them, with the vigor of a chain smoker

ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 5d

How are the other half not getting poisoned? If it's almost split evenly it would be a statistical anomaly. Is it a packaging and handling thing? Because the math is there to show people don't get poisoned and there is a safe way to use it. Let's double down in what works.

rimu@piefed.social · 3 pts · 4d

This must have been going on for decades. Ridiculous, humans.

bedwyr@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 4d

That explains a lot about how they support the enemy politically. The worse enemy I mean of course.

We already knew this though, and have tried to warn them of the dangers, they say they aren't worried idk.

N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 5d (1 reply)

SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3d

The farmer in this meme is a proponent of regenerative agriculture, just sayin’