Honeysuckle Farm in Shandong

A Chinese farmer sprays pesticide on his plot of honeysuckle plants in Pingyi, Shandong Province. Greenpeace is currently investigating pesticide residue in Chinese herbal medicine and highlighting the need to end the use of toxic chemicals in industrial agriculture.

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Pesticide Residue in Chinese Herbal Medicine

Greenpeace East Asia is currently investigating pesticide residue in Chinese herbal medicine and highlighting the need to end the use of toxic chemicals in industrial agriculture. Chinese herbal products are trusted and used as food ingredients for healing purposes in soups, stir fries and teas by millions of people around the world. However the Greenpeace investigation has revealed that these herbs are covered in pesticide residue considered illegal in China and highly hazardous by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The findings are just another example of the failure of chemicals based industrial agriculture to deliver healthy foods for people.

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Unique identifier: GP04LX2

Type: Image

Shoot date: 13/05/2013

Locations: China, East Asia, Shandong

Size: 4928px × 3264px 10.78 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)