Has the amount of pesticides used in the UK really halved since 1990?

View this email in your browser ([link removed])


** The hidden rise of UK pesticide use
------------------------------------------------------------

The pro-pesticide lobby regularly claim that “the amount of pesticides used in the UK has halved since 1990”. This statistic is used to bat away growing public concerns over the negative impacts caused by pesticides and to resist calls for stricter regulations.

But this claim is highly misleading. It is based solely on weight when, in reality, modern pesticides are so much more toxic than they used to be that we now need much less of a chemical to do the same job. That’s why using weight to compare pesticide use over time is meaningless.

In contrast to industry claims, by most internationally accepted measures, UK pesticide use is in fact rising, and consequently so is the exposure of citizens and the natural environment to their harmful impacts. The number of times crops are sprayed with pesticides has risen, as has the area of land treated. For example, between 1990 and 2016, the total area of UK land sprayed with pesticides increased by 63%.
If you’d like to find out more about the rise of pesticide use in UK agriculture you can download a free copy of our report below.
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT ([link removed])
We are a small charity and endlessly struggle to raise funds.
Our small team of pesticide experts work hard to provide practical advice on how you can avoid the use of hazardous pesticides to better protect the health of you, your family and the natural environment.
We hope that you find this report useful and ask that you consider making a donation to PAN UK in return.
We would never want to exclude anyone from using our resources on the basis of cost so if you don’t have the funds to donate please do still use our guide.
CLICK TO DONATE ([link removed])

============================================================
** ([link removed])
** ([link removed])
** ([link removed])
** ([link removed])
Copyright © 2019 Pesticide Action Network UK, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you have previously subscribed to a PAN UK printed or online information service, bought tickets to one of our events, or donated to PAN UK.

Our mailing address is:
Pesticide Action Network UK
The Brighthelm Centre
North Road
Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1YD
United Kingdom
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
.