The United Nations (UN) alerted Costa Rica on the high cost of pesticide use on health and its impacts.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP),...
Ed Bernhardt shows how a simple ingredient in your Costa Rica kitchen cabinet can help you fend off a huge array of headaches – in and out of the garden.
Nearly 65% of fruits and vegetables produced in Costa Rica contain residual traces of agrochemicals, a study from the Pesticide Department of the State Phytosanitary System found.Â
The news comes two weeks after more than 20 people -- most of them children -- suffered from agrochemical poisoning in San Juan de Florencia, Alajuela.Â
In this Santa Teresa Deep Dive we look at a clash between local farmers and expats. Expats want to ban the use of glyphosate while farmers say they have no other option to stay in business.
The Environmental Technical Secretariat asked for the demarcation of all wetland areas inside the property before any type of work on the pineapple project continues.
