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Pesticides causing widespread harm to animals and plants: study

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing behavioural changes in animals not meant to be targeted, according to a large-scale study published on Thursday. In a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists in China and Europe looked at 1,700 previous research papers to look into how these chemicals harm animals and plants across the world.

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