International demand for food and services drives environmental footprints of pesticide use

Fiona H. M. Tang; Arunima Malik; Mengyu Li; Manfred Lenzen; Federico Maggi

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00601-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

International demand for food and services drives environmental footprints of pesticide use

Fiona H. M. Tang,
Arunima Malik,
Mengyu Li,
Manfred Lenzen,
Federico Maggi

Affiliations

Fiona H. M. Tang: Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Arunima Malik: ISA, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney
Mengyu Li: ISA, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney
Manfred Lenzen: ISA, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney
Federico Maggi: Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00601-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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China, Germany and UK were the largest net importers of pesticide hazard loads embodied in commodities in 2015, while the USA, Brazil and Spain were the largest net exporters, according to a top-down multi-region input-output analysis of footprints for 82 countries and territories.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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