Arnoud Kos from Schipper’s Bloemsierkunst in Naarden had expected a lot of negative reactions after those messages, “he tells him when NH visits him. “But luckily that didn’t happen.”
The Naarder florist has read the messages. She wrote Ad Earlier this week about a study by Pesticide Action Network (PAN), which shows that part of the cut flowers in florists Forbidden pesticides contain.
Also Radar and Hogeschool Avans found illegal pesticides on bouquets. Those pesticides can be harmful in certain concentrations.
Dutch or foreign flowers?
Earlier this year, Pan shouted to stop the import of cut flowers, because the requirements for the use of pesticides in countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Ecuador are less strict. In those countries, for example, many roses are grown, which then by plane Being spread around the world.
“I buy the most Dutch flowers. The rules in the Netherlands are particularly strict. Rightly so. The industry has more and more organic pesticides. Occasionally, chemical items are being asked. They are also very expensive, so growers try to work with biological means.”
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