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Myriad pesticides in a Great British roast dinner are 'damaging' health and the environment, activists say

Self-proclaimed natural world defenders Greenpeace UK said a typical British roast dinner contains over 100 pesticides

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 3 min read
The Our Poisoned Land report found that onions and leeks are treated with 43 different pesticides.
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The Our Poisoned Land report found that onions and leeks are treated with 43 different pesticides.

A traditional British roast dinner is sprayed with a profusion of pesticides which is harmful to human health and the environment, green activists have warned. Greenpeace UK published its Our Poisoned...

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