France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law

August 9, 2025August 8, 2025 by Farhan

PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide. The court said that the measure failed to protect the environment and future generations. The rest of the law — known as the “Duplomb law,” after the senator who proposed … Read more

The Pesticide Playbook | Al Jazeera

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 by Farhan

A global chemical giant covered up its product’s links to Parkinson’s. Fault Lines investigates. For decades, one of the world’s largest pesticide manufacturers deployed the Big Tobacco playbook to keep its flagship product ubiquitous—despite the company’s own internal research showing that it harmed farmers. Today the pesticide, paraquat, is banned in 58 countries—but its use … Read more