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The Rotterdam Convention (formally, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade) is a multilateral treaty to promote shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals. The convention promotes open exchange of information and calls ...
Methamidophos, trade name "Monitor," is an organophosphate insecticide.. Crops grown with the use of methamidophos include potatoes [1] and some Latin American rice. [2] Many nations have used methamidophos on crops, including developed nations such as Spain, United States, Japan, and Australia.
Fipronil is classed as a WHO Class II moderately hazardous pesticide, and has a rat acute oral LD50 of 97 mg/kg. The Dutch food and product safety board (NVWA) reported that the test results of one batch of eggs originating from one poultry farm in the Netherlands exceeded the threshold of 0.72 mg/kg.
The South Korean government has launched a new learning website for companies puzzled by Japan's recent trade restrictions against the country amid growing confusion over changes of rules about ...
Herbicidal warfare is the use of substances primarily designed to destroy the plant-based ecosystem of an area. Although herbicidal warfare use chemical substances, its main purpose is to disrupt agricultural food production and/or to destroy plants which provide cover or concealment to the enemy, not to asphyxiate or poison humans and/or destroy human-made structures.
South Korea's first vice foreign minister, Cho Sei-young, also announced Friday that it will strengthen travel entry restrictions on all foreign citizens coming from Japan and could reduce the ...
In 2002, with the Korea-Japan FIFA World Cup providing momentum for the establishment of an eco-friendly food consumption culture, the government pushed local governments, restaurant organizations, and civil organizations to establish a voluntary agreement for the reduction of food waste, and implemented it with a focus on the cities in which ...
The Korean economy, once a newly industrialized nation, grew by 10% annually until the 1980s and 1990s. Today, Korea is a manufacturing and export powerhouse, the world's 11th-largest gross domestic producer as of 2015, but this has been driven by coal-fired power generation and high vehicle emissions.