Pesticidas: uma agenda adiada, denuncia o Ecologist

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	NEWS ANALYSIS The film that stood up to banana giant Dole over pesticide poisoning (and won) The documentary Bananas! highlighted plight of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who brought a legal case in the US against the use of a banned pesticide DBCP by the Dole Food Company. Tom Levitt reports
	COMMENT The pesticides scandal: Government inaction is destroying lives The new coalition Government must do what Labour failed to do in 13 years in power and finally introduce the necessary measures to protect people from pesticides, says Georgina Downs
	NEWS Independent testing of pesticides in food in doubt after quango cull Campaigners fear 'backward' step in pesticide regulation in UK after testing body scrapped as Government also confirms major budget cuts to Natural England and the Environment Agency
	NEWS Pesticide residue exposure linked to ADHD in children Parents urged to wash fruits and vegetables before eating after study finds commonly used pesticides may contribute to ADHD in children
	SPECIAL CONTENT The Ecologist February 1971: The Pesticide Fallacy Forty years ago this February Roy Bridger wrote The Pesticide Fallacy - outlining early concerns over certain pest control methods. But have things improved?