French cherry farmers protest insecticide ban
Upset French cherry farmers have dumped a ton of rotting fruit in front of a government building in southern France yesterday. They were protesting against an insecticide ban they claim has left their produce vulnerable to fruit flies.
The EU implemented a bloc-wide ban in 2020 on the insecticide dimethoate - used to treat fruit fly on a range of crops - over health risks posed to
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