'Pesticide cocktails' pollute apples across Europe: study

PAN Europe, a coalition of NGOs campaigning against pesticide use, had around 60 apples randomly purchased in 13 European countries -- including France, Spain, Italy and Poland -- analysed for chemical residues. Eighty‑five percent of the samples contained multiple pesticide residues, the organisations said, with some apples showing traces of up to seven different chemicals. In 71 percent of cases, PAN Europe detected pesticides classed among the most hazardous in the European Union -- so‑called...