Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it’s time to update the law

The European Union has banned the use of several pesticides, and heavily restricted others. This is because of their potential health effects or environmental contamination, or because there’s not enough data to be sure that they aren’t harmful. Over 50% of these pesticides are still registered in Nigeria, however.

Nigeria’s use of such pesticides is the reason some markets, including the EU and the US, reject…

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