Pesticides poison up to 433 million farmers worldwide every year
New research reveals the scale of acute pesticide poisoning among those who grow food for the world—a crisis overshadowed by more visible farming issues.
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Belgium lets Chinese laser weeding robots into the EU.
Belgian firm Hands On Tech is the EU's first importer of China's CyanForce laser-weeding robots, which zap weeds with laser pulses instead of herbicides.
French Ecology Minister resigns over authorization of two banned pesticides — and remains in office
French Ecology Minister Monique Barboux resigned to President Macron, protesting a law that temporarily allows two bee-harming pesticides.
Robots on ultraviolet: California startup cuts pesticide use by 70% without chemicals
California startup TRIC Robotics deployed nine tractor-sized autonomous robots in strawberry farms, working at night to kill pests with UV light instead of chemical pesticides.