UK citizens and the natural environment are being exposed to potentially harmful mixtures of pesticides.
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Our new report, co-authored with the Soil Association examines for the first time to what extent the cocktail effect is a problem in the UK and the potential impact upon human health and the environment. It describes the failures of our regulatory system to protect us from the cocktail effect and makes recommendations for what needs to change.
A quarter of UK food, and a third of fruit and vegetables, contains pesticide cocktails, as do UK flowers, water and soil.
Despite evidence that these cocktails can harm human health and wildlife, safety levels are set for just one pesticide at a time, ignoring the ‘Cocktail Effect’.
Pesticides appear in millions of different combinations, making it impossible to protect against the Cocktail Effect. The only solution is to reduce pesticide use.
Tell the UK Government to protect us from the cocktail effect by helping farmers transition to non-chemical alternatives.
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