SPRINT (sustainable plant protection transition)’s Post

Clouds, one of the most precious creations from Mother Nature, are not just contaminated, but they are conduits of contamination. In research just published in Environmental Science & Technology, dozens of agricultural chemicals — including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other substances — were detected in cloud water droplets. Key findings: ** Pesticides — including 10 banned in the EU due to health concerns — were detected in every cloud sample above France. ** Two samples exceeded Europe’s drinking water safety limit. ** Clouds carried not just pesticides but also emerging contaminants and new breakdown products. ** Most pollution came from long-range pesticide drift, not local farms. ** At any given time, French clouds may hold 6 to 139 tons of pesticides. This new research raises serious concerns about how long these toxins persist and how far they can travel, with potentially harmful global health impacts. Thanks to U.S. Right to Know for its excellent reporting on this. https://lnkd.in/gDxmgusJ

Clouds, one of the most precious creations from Mother Nature, are not just contaminated, but they are conduits of contamination. In research just published in Environmental Science & Technology, dozens of agricultural chemicals — including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other substances — were detected in cloud water droplets. Key findings: ** Pesticides — including 10 banned in the EU due to health concerns — were detected in every cloud sample above France. ** Two samples exceeded Europe’s drinking water safety limit. ** Clouds carried not just pesticides but also emerging contaminants and new breakdown products. ** Most pollution came from long-range pesticide drift, not local farms. ** At any given time, French clouds may hold 6 to 139 tons of pesticides. This new research raises serious concerns about how long these toxins persist and how far they can travel, with potentially harmful global health impacts. Thanks to U.S. Right to Know for its excellent reporting on this. https://lnkd.in/gTYz6Krt

Ban Pesticides since many years found in the #Air, #Clouds, and #Rain. And this is not only in Japan or in the USA, but also in Europe and France. 🔽 See link in comments Fédération Atmo France About Belgium, we do not know really, because air quality monitoring and measurement does not seem to be effective enough.

Were this study to be done in Australia (and notably no Aust Govt has offered 1 cent of research funding to do so) similar results are likely. It would not result in regulatory responses though.The claims of acceptable safety by regulators will ignore this data, as they are not required to act on it. They can wave it away as an acceptable risk and keep on approving uses. Legislative reform needed to bring to the top of priorities the need to protect human and enviro health from exposure to the growing exposures to toxic chemical cocktail mixtures.

🌱 EU must speed up access to biocontrol tools! 👉 IFOAM Organics Europe is calling for urgent action to make natural substances more available for farmers. Current approval processes can take up to 10 years – far too slow to meet farmers’ needs on the ground. We’re urging policymakers to: ✅ Harmonise the definition of biocontrol ✅ Streamline approval processes at EU & national level ✅ Support institutions & research for better implementation ✅ Back farmers with funding to adopt these solutions 🌿 Biocontrol – like essential oils, microorganisms or semiochemicals – is a crucial tool in organic farming to manage pests, diseases, and weeds, while reducing synthetic pesticide use. 📖 Read more about our recommendations in our dedicated articles & in the full position paper: https://ow.ly/ze5T50WCHsn #PlantProtection #PlantHealthCare #Biocontrol

Listen to Rob Borchardt, of Noble Research Institute, as he tells his personal story about pesticides and why he is now into regenerative ag. #HRD #TxRestaurantShow #TRA #txrestaurants #regenag #81643

𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 🌱 From bioinsecticides and biofungicides to biostimulants, these products are proving they can: ✅ 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 ✅ 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 ✅ 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ✅ 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 Even better? When combined with traditional chemistries, biologicals can enhance efficacy while reducing chemical use, enabling smarter, more sustainable pest management. At Croda, we’ve been at the forefront of formulation innovation for biologicals, offering biocompatible components and expert know-how to help R&D teams bring high-performing, sustainable products to market. 📖 Download our Vision Report to see how biologicals and other key trends are shaping the next 25 years of agriculture. 🔗https://ow.ly/xUE350WPBrt 👩🔬 Expert featured: Poliana Cardoso-Gustavson #Croda #CrodaAgriculture #Biologicals #AgInnovation #CropProtection #Biostimulants #SustainableFarming

“A historic transformation of the global food and agriculture system is inevitable—not theoretical, not optional.” A paper authored by our Co-Founder Paul Gilding outlines how a major market-driven disruption of the global food system is not only imminent but already underway, fundamentally changing how food will be produced and consumed. This disruption stems from two intersecting and now unstoppable reasons: 1️⃣ The collapse of large scale agriculture under mounting environmental pressures 2️⃣ The rise of innovative food production technologies that offer cheaper, healthier, and more secure alternatives This paper is a provocation to the industry, policymakers and experts to imagine a different future - a renewable food system that outpaces a changing climate - or face food crises, disorder and economic decline. Link to the paper in the comments ⬇️

𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 🌱 From bioinsecticides and biofungicides to biostimulants, these products are proving they can: ✅ 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 ✅ 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 ✅ 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ✅ 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 Even better? When combined with traditional chemistries, biologicals can enhance efficacy while reducing chemical use, enabling smarter, more sustainable pest management. At Croda, we’ve been at the forefront of formulation innovation for biologicals, offering biocompatible components and expert know-how to help R&D teams bring high-performing, sustainable products to market. 📖 Download our Vision Report to see how biologicals and other key trends are shaping the next 25 years of agriculture. 🔗https://ow.ly/Ot3w30sPk8y 👩🔬 Expert featured: Poliana Cardoso-Gustavson #Croda #CrodaAgriculture #Biologicals #AgInnovation #CropProtection #Biostimulants #SustainableFarming

New paper out: Ammonia doesn't often make the headlines – but it’s one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss and air pollution in Europe, harming ecosystems and our health. More than 90% of it in Europe comes from just one source: agriculture in the form of fertiliser and manure. A couple of stats: ➡️ An estimated 2.6 million years of life are lost due to ammonia-driven air pollution in Europe! As the energy system decarbonises agriculture is becoming the largest driver of air pollution. ➡️ Biodiversity limits for nitrogen are exceeded across 66% of European agricultural land by Ammonia. Led by Xinpeng Jin with Jan Willem Erisman and José Mogollón we have built a new high-resolution, product-specific dataset including crops and livestock to investigate how to reduce Ammonia across Europe called AP-AMMO. A few details: 🌮 We can now see, at fine scale, which products drive ammonia pollution. 🐄 In 2017, European agriculture emitted 3.5 teragrams of ammonia-N. Just a handful of products – dairy cattle, other cattle and pigs driving 66% of the total. 🌽 Maize, barley, permanent grasses, and rapeseed, account for 71% of crop emissions or 14% of total emissions. 📖 The dataset is open access so please build upon it. 🌍 We can see the hotspots across Europe driven by both production and consumption, helping researchers and policymakers investigate different interventions at the same time to support transitions to healthier and more sustainable food systems. The nitrogen cycle is fundamental in shaping our environment, our landscapes, and our health. Xinpeng had incredible attention to detail in the modelling and validation, congratulations on his first published PhD article! Link to the article below 👇