EEB | EU pesticides export ban: what could be the consequences?

This report, commissioned by a coalition of civil society groups, provides an analysis of the likely impacts of an EU halt to the manufacture and export of highly toxic pesticides that are already banned for use in the EU. Our investigation focuses on how a ban would affect EU employment, as well as the impacts on human health and the environment in importing countries. We conclude that stopping the export of EU-banned pesticides would neither endanger employment nor burden the EU economy. At the same time, a ban would positively impact people’s health and the environment in importing countries.

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