Defra unveils target to reduce environmental damage from pesticides

Michael Holder
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New UK National Action Plan on Pesticides includes UK-wide goal to reduce environmental risk from pesticides by 10 per cent by 2030

The government has today set out its ambition for a 10 per cent reduction in environmental risk from pesticides across the UK by the end of the decade, under a new national plan which aims to encourage...

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