The National Health Safety Agency (ANSES) is preparing to launch a first study to assess the exposure of flower professionals to pesticides and propose changes to the regulations in order to make them more protective, according to information from the Monde and Radio France. ANSES was officially notified of this mission on December 10, 2024 by the general directorate of labor and the services of the Ministry of Agriculture, after the Robin des bois association.
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This referral comes following the revelations of the Monde and Radio France on the case of former florist Laure Marivain: the causal link between the death of her daughter Emmy, at age 11, from leukemia and her professional exposure to pesticides during pregnancy was recognized by the Compensation Fund for Victims of pesticides (FIVP). A first.
-Around 85% of flowers sold in France come from abroad and the majority are grown outside the European Union with pesticides often banned in the European Union due to their dangerousness. “As flowers from third countries are not subject to any European regulations, we do not have information concerning the substances used and no controls are carried out”recall the two ministries in their referral.
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