Toxic pesticides banned in Europe being peddled to Global South farmers Saturday November 05 2022 Pesticides that are no longer allowed for use in countries where they are manufactured in the European Union due to their potentially harmful human health and environmental impacts are being pushed to countries in the Global South, a new report on pesticide use released in Kenya has shown.Highly hazardous “Sales data shows that over 76 percent (2,353 tonnes) of the total volume of pesticides sold in Kenya equals to 195 products contains one or more active ingredients categorised as highly hazardous pesticides, proven to provide a potentially high level of acute or chronic risk to health or the environment,” said ecotoxicologist, Dr Silke Bollmohr.A ban will end the double standards of banning active ingredients here because we unanimously agree they are too dangerous, while at the same time German companies still export these to other countries outside the EU.Since 2016, the HBF in Nairobi has joined hands with community partners and scientific experts to amplify the concerns being raised by Kenyans, through a campaign dubbed Toxic Business, spearheaded by the foundation’s Route to Food Initiative.The global pesticides market size reached a value of nearly $84.5 billion in 2019, with an annual growth rate of more than 4 percent since 2015."