'Nothing says love like chemicals': Valentine's roses often covered in pesticides, testing finds
by Damien Gayle

The Guardian    Translate This Article
14 February 2026

On 14 February 2026 The Guardian reported: Bouquets imported to Europe found to be heavily contaminated, often with chemicals banned in EU and UK. Laboratory testing on bouquets in the Netherlands, Europe's flower import hub, found roses had the highest residues of neurological and reproductive toxins compared with other flowers. Red roses were found to be the worst, with one bunch containing traces of 26 different pesticides, half of which are banned for use in the EU. Global Good News service views this news as the failure of modern environment and health systems. Such 'flops' highlight the need for more intelligent, evolutionary, Natural Law based, life-supporting systems.

...More than half on sale in the UK have been sourced from the Netherlands. But for most stems, that is just the last leg of a much longer journey from farms in countries such as Colombia, Kenya, and Ethiopia, where the climate allows for year-round production and laxer regulatory regimes allow for more powerful pesticides.

...Among the pesticides Pan-NL [Pesticide Action Network Netherlands] found on the flowers were known neuro- and reproductive toxins, as well as carcinogens and endocrine disruptors.

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