{"id":14259,"date":"2021-08-18T10:17:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T10:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?p=14259"},"modified":"2021-08-18T11:47:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:47:28","slug":"greenpeace-africa-demands-truthfulness-in-the-pesticides-conversation-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/press\/14259\/greenpeace-africa-demands-truthfulness-in-the-pesticides-conversation-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Africa demands Truthfulness in the Pesticides Conversation in Kenya."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/50009\/petition\/1\">SIGN THE PETITION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Nairobi, 18 August 2021: In response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/health\/amp\/health-science\/article\/2001420863\/tussle-over-pesticides-ban-bill\">media report<\/a> that farmers have petitioned the Kenyan parliament to review an EU policy that prompted a ban of the use of some pesticides before Kenya adopts it, Greenpeace Africa Food campaigner, Claire Nasike has said:<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Kenyan farmers deserve to know the truth about pesticides. The associations championing the use of pesticides have misled our farmers, who deserve the truth about toxic pesticides\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<p>The petition in parliament is to protect farmers and consumers from harmful pesticides that have been scientifically proven to be carcinogenic, mutagenic and generally detrimental to human health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya CEO Ojepat Okisegerea and the other association members need to provide the right information to the farmers involved in the petition. This is not a call for a blanket ban on all pesticides, but rather the most toxic ones that compromise the quality of our health and environment&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>Kenyans\u2019 right to safe food has been compromised, after years of exposure to food that is high in pesticide residues. Banning these toxic pesticides is a step in the right direction to encourage farmers to embrace already-existing environmentally friendly alternatives, such as integrated pest management.<\/p>\n\n<p>A 2016 report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/q-a-detail\/food-safety-pesticide-residue\">World Health Organisation<\/a> states that pesticide residue in food has adverse health risks to human health. Some of the risks include cancer, effects on reproduction, immune or nervous systems. A shift to ecological farming should be encouraged at all levels of farming.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/50009\/petition\/1\">SIGN THE PETITION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Africa Press Desk: <a href=\"mailto:pressdesk.africa@greenpeace.org\">pressdesk.africa@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Timothy Nzioka,<\/strong> <br>Communications Consultant, <br>tnzioka@greenpeace.org, +254 722898259<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Kenyan farmers deserve to know the truth about pesticides. 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