On October 11, 2024 Mariëlle Tweebeeke reads the news in Nieuwsuur (News Hour) on the Dutch television.
Fields full of Dutch flowers are projected behind her as she raises the topic.
Emmy, an 11-year old French girl has died of cancer. Emmy's death is recognized by the Pesticide Victim Compensation Fund. During her pregnancy her mother had worked as a florist in a flower shop, spending her days creating beautiful bouquets of perfect flowers. Perfect flowers full of pesticides. Pesticides started to kill Emmy even before she was born.
The money in the Pesticide Victim Compensation Fund comes from companies who produce the pesticides.
The gorgeous bouquets of flowers we get for our birthday, Mother's day, Valentine's day are flowers that kill.
