Prof. Sandrine Ongeri, Université Paris-Saclay, BioCISNo toxic Pesticides- A crucial One Health Topic
My best friend’s grandfather died last week. He was only sixty years old, and he died of
Alzheimer’s disease—which is much younger than most people who die of the
disease. My mother said that this is because
he worked in the vineyard all his life.
I just can’t understand how a farmer, living a healthy life outdoors,
could die of such a disease !
Copper even in organic fields!
Oomycetes are a kind of fungi that can damage plants, make food moldy, and produce toxic substances. To avoid the destruction of their crops (of grapes, tomatoes, and potatoes) by oomycetes, most farmers—including organic farmers—use copper salts.
Accumulation of copper
However, long-term and extensive use of copper salts in the fields adversely effects the quality of the produce—including the wine that is made from such grapes. Their use increases the accumulation of copper in topsoil as well as deeper in the earth, down to the water table.
No toxic Pesticides
The project NoPEST, has
been funded by the European community: it aims at finding alternatives to the
use of Copper.
www.h2020nopest.org
www.h2020nopest.org
European network
Combining their complementary skills both younger and senior scientists from the Université Paris Saclay (along with five other Universities based in the E.U. and Israel) are working together with the company Sipcamoxon.
www.h2020nopest.org
No toxic Pesticides
It is imperative that alternatives
to conventional metical chemical pesticides in vineyards and other agricultural fields are found. To address this complex
public health problem, dedicated scientists from various fields are needed and
must work together in an interdisciplinary way.
Global health needs young scientists
I also would like to become a scientist one day to do such meaningful work: I want to protect nature, and I want to safeguard animals and people in an exciting atmosphere with international colleagues.
Voices : Nicolle Faver, Mark Olival-Bartley / Univ. Munich, Ge
Prof. David Aitken / Univ. Paris Saclay, Fr
Prof. Sandrine Ongeri / Univ. Paris Saclay, Fr
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No toxic Pesticides
No toxic Pesticides
Copper even in organic fields!
Accumulation of copper
No toxic Pesticides
No toxic Pesticides
European network
No toxic Pesticides
No toxic Pesticides
No toxic Pesticides
Global health needs young scientists