Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 35

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While regulators are mostly concerned about health risks through pesticide residues, their effects on non-target organisms are hugely underestimated. For example, neonicotinoids, a commonly used class of systemic insecticides, are causing soil degradation and water pollution and endangering vital ecosystem services such as biological pest control. Designed to damage the central nervous system of target pests, they can also cause harm to beneficial invertebrates as well as to birds, butterflies and other wildlife.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Health
Year
2017
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/48, para. 35.
Paragraph number
35