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And what about the plus points of getting your five a day? You can forget about that, too. Research from Harvard University also shows that consuming fruit and veg with high levels of pesticide residues might actually reduce the health benefits of eating them, in terms of protection against cardiovascular disease and early mortality. The Costa Rican government response There have been various promises with little long-lasting action by the ever-changing government in Costa Rica. Since 2008, paraquat can no longer be applied as an aerial spray (note “aerial” – it’s not banned completely). In 2016, then-president Luis Guillermo Solis signed a vague action plan for putting sustainable pineapple production into law. In 2017, bromacil was banned.
But research from the 2022 UNDP study shows 1,884 pesticides remain on the market with long-expired registrations, or no sign of registration at all – making them illegal, according to the UN. The current minister of agriculture, Victor Carvajal Porras – appointed in 2022 by newly sworn in President Rodrigo Chaves Robles – told Delfino he entered a "highly contaminated" ministry that was severely lagging behind, and called it a “disaster” on the issue of agrochemical registration. But will this BYB Directory administration be any different? Drugs Smugglers Stashed More Than 1,600 Pounds of Cocaine Inside Pineapples RIVER DONAGHEY 01.18.18 Alonso Martínez, a Delfino journalist who’s written extensively on the topic, doesn’t think so. “I don’t consider the new government a positive step for the sustainability of the country,” he says. “Although it has new reforms for the registration of new agrochemicals, this is hardly a substantial change to regulate the problem Costa Rica has with pesticides.
The reform he’s referring to came into effect in February 2022 and is actually more about protecting the “recipes” of pesticides as intellectual property, rather than banning them for their toxicity. Currently in Costa Rica – despite complaints of school children being poisoned – there’s still no proper regulation on the minimum required distance between plantations and public places. The director of the State Phytosanitary Service, Nelson Morera Paniagu, actually told Delfino he doesn’t believe agrochemicals are bad. Instead, he argues that their misuse is what causes them to be harmful. “I do not believe that Chaves and Carvajal have the initiative to confront the pineapple companies,” continues Martínez. “The environmental issue is not a priority for them, so the issue of pesticides and their contamination will be a problem for a long time to come.
But research from the 2022 UNDP study shows 1,884 pesticides remain on the market with long-expired registrations, or no sign of registration at all – making them illegal, according to the UN. The current minister of agriculture, Victor Carvajal Porras – appointed in 2022 by newly sworn in President Rodrigo Chaves Robles – told Delfino he entered a "highly contaminated" ministry that was severely lagging behind, and called it a “disaster” on the issue of agrochemical registration. But will this BYB Directory administration be any different? Drugs Smugglers Stashed More Than 1,600 Pounds of Cocaine Inside Pineapples RIVER DONAGHEY 01.18.18 Alonso Martínez, a Delfino journalist who’s written extensively on the topic, doesn’t think so. “I don’t consider the new government a positive step for the sustainability of the country,” he says. “Although it has new reforms for the registration of new agrochemicals, this is hardly a substantial change to regulate the problem Costa Rica has with pesticides.
The reform he’s referring to came into effect in February 2022 and is actually more about protecting the “recipes” of pesticides as intellectual property, rather than banning them for their toxicity. Currently in Costa Rica – despite complaints of school children being poisoned – there’s still no proper regulation on the minimum required distance between plantations and public places. The director of the State Phytosanitary Service, Nelson Morera Paniagu, actually told Delfino he doesn’t believe agrochemicals are bad. Instead, he argues that their misuse is what causes them to be harmful. “I do not believe that Chaves and Carvajal have the initiative to confront the pineapple companies,” continues Martínez. “The environmental issue is not a priority for them, so the issue of pesticides and their contamination will be a problem for a long time to come.