Pesticide Use in Spain

Workers spray pesticides in a vegetables greenhouse. In the greenhouses grow tomatoes, peppers and strawberries. They are treated with a large amount of pesticides.

In original language:

Pestizide im Suedosten Spaniens

Plastikfolien-Gewaechshaeuser fuer den Gemueseanbau entlang der spanischen Kueste bei Almeria, genannt "Plastic-city" El Ejido. Die Treibhaeuser erstrecken sich bis in die Berge, viele sind illegal. Unter den Folien wachsen vor allem Tomaten, Paprika, Erdbeeren unter starker Pestizidbehandlung und extremer Bewaesserung. Arbeiter verspruehen Pestizide in einem Gewaechshaus.

Unique identifier: GP0326R

Type: Image

Shoot date: 21/10/2005

Locations: Europe, Spain, Torre Pacheco

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Ángel Garcia

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Pesticide Use in Spain

Pesticides being used for fruit and vegetable market gardening along the coast between Alicante and Almeria, Spain. An analysis made by Greenpeace Germany's consumer organisation, the Shopping Net (Einkaufsnetz, EKN) proves that legal limits for pesticides have been exceeded in one in five samples of fruit and vegetables. Greenpeace bought 658 various fruit and vegetable samples including pears, grapes, peaches, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and lettuce from the leading supermarkets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and analysed them for 300 different pesticides. In 100 cases the legal limit for pesticide residue was exceeded. In 16 cases, extremely high levels of residue were found and in 27 instances illegal pesticide residues were discovered. The supermarket chains LIDL and REAL (Metro) proved to be the worst offenders.

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