EU firms accused of ‘abhorrent’ export of banned pesticides to Brazil

BASF and Bayer among firms selling chemicals to sugar industry despite links to cancer and reproductive problems

Pesticides banned in the EU because of their links to human health risks are being exported and used on farms in Brazil supplying Nestlé, an investigation has revealed.

Europe is home to some of the world’s biggest and most profitable chemical companies, including the Swiss-based Syngenta and the German multinationals BASF and Bayer.