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Health of farmers at stake due to large cocktail of agricultural poisons – NU.nl


A relatively large number of pesticides are found in the blood of Dutch farmers and house dust on farms contains no fewer than 144 types of agricultural poison. European standards offer little protection because they do not look at the total health effects of simultaneous exposure to several substances. Researchers fear numerous diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, cancer and reduced fertility.

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