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Keywords
Agriculture
Day
East Asian ethnicities
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Markets
Medications
People
Pesticides
Plants
SAGE (campaign title)
Toxics (campaign title)
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Panax Pseudoginseng at Market in Yunnan
A worker shovels Panax pseudoginseng plant, or 'Sanqi', into a bag for a buyer at an open air market in Wenshan, Yunnan Province. This traditional Chinese medicinal herb is openly traded in this market frequented by many middlemen and small scale wholesalers. Greenpeace is currently investigating pesticide residue in Chinese herbal medicine and highlighting the need to end the use of toxic chemicals in industrial agriculture.
Unique identifier:
GP04LYR
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
12/05/2013
Locations:
China
,
East Asia
,
Yunnan Province
Credit line:
© Simon Lim / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
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Pesticide Residue in Chinese Herbal Medicine
Greenpeace East Asia is currently investigating pesticide residue in Chinese herbal medicine and highlighting the need to end the use of toxic chemicals in industrial agriculture. Chinese herbal products are trusted and used as food ingredients for healing purposes in soups, stir fries and teas by millions of people around the world. However the Greenpeace investigation has revealed that these herbs are covered in pesticide residue considered illegal in China and highly hazardous by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The findings are just another example of the failure of chemicals based industrial agriculture to deliver healthy foods for people.
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