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This website by CropLife International provides information about pesticides as they relate to human health. The full lifecycle of pesticides is addressed – from testing and regulation to minimization of pesticide residues in food as well as farm worker safety and good manufacturing practices.

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Importance & Benefits of Pesticides

Without crop protection, including pesticides, more than half of the world’s crops would be lost to insects, diseases and weeds.

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Pesticide Testing & Regulation

Pesticides are some of the most tested and regulated products in the world.

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Human Health & Pesticides

Pesticide residues on food are very low if present at all and they are not established causes of specific medical conditions.

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Pesticide Applicator Safety

Normal exposure to pesticides does not cause diseases or adverse conditions to those exposed to them the most – pesticide applicators.

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Recent media articles suggested that #chocolate could go extinct in 40 years. Plant scientist Dr Virginie Mfegue explains the facts behind this story and the challenges of growing #cocoa in West Africa https://t.co/TdMCFKa6KB so farmers can get chocolate on your ...
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As you're eating chocolate this Easter weekend, imagine how you would feel if the world ran out of chocolate. Find out how plant science supports cocoa production in West Africa https://t.co/nvLFa5PK8r https://t.co/Yz5sDlDoaN
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#DYK that to produce #chocolate, #cocoa beans are fermented. This is an important step, lasting three to seven days, that produces the chocolate flavor we know and love when the beans are roasted. https://t.co/bLZ0k5BIzq https://t.co/15uuQ552wa
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Do you know how the #chocolate we know and love gets from the #cocoa tree to your #Easter eggs and bunnies? You’ll find the answer in this infographic showing the nine stages of chocolate production in the cocoa #valuechain https://t.co/PLQ6VF4NGQ ...
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Ugandan maize farmer Grace Maku relies on the corn she grows as her primary source of income and to feed her family. #ClimateChange is putting that at risk: "#drought simply dries up the maize" https://t.co/RR2OujrEv3 #GlobalWarming @WEMAPartnership @Bayer4Crops @aatfafrica #SDG2 ...
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Not only do humans love chocolate at #Easter, but also pests and diseases love cocoa! Find out how plant science protects #cocoa trees and helps #farmers to keep producing the cocoa beans that are used to make #chocolate https://t.co/RKrpDcKGMp #HelpingFarmersGrow ...
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Recent media articles suggested that #chocolate could go extinct in 40 years. Plant scientist Dr Virginie Mfegue explains the facts behind this story and the challenges of growing #cocoa in West Africa https://t.co/TdMCFKa6KB so farmers can get chocolate on your ...
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