The Cross-border investigation on chlorpyrifos was initiated by Investigative Reporting Denmark and Danwatch, and made in collaboration with journalists from Knack in Belgium, Le Monde in France, Dagbladet in Norway, Newsweek in Poland, Ostro in Slovenia, El Confidential in Spain and The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting in US. The investigation was supported by Journalismfund.eu.
- On your dinner plate and in your body: the most dangerous pesticide you’ve never heard of.
- One study only paved way for chlorpyrifos.
- Exposed mothers gave birth to mentally retarded children.
- National tests show we eat insect poison.
- EU-system alerts consumers – after they have eaten .
- Axel Mie: ”That’s how it works; assessment is based on business funded research”.
- Thomas Backhaus: ”One of the really nasty pesticides” .
- Barbara Demeniex: ”Detrimental effects on IQ”.
- Leonardo Trasande: ”Damage the brain of young children”.
- Ketil Hylland: “Chlorpyrifos is a nerve poison”.