Ua hāʻule ka kūʻai ʻana o nā pesticides synthetic ma Italia ma kahi o kahi hapakolu (-32%) i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻoiai ke piʻi nei ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticide ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka mahiʻai ʻana o EU e like me Sepania a me Kelemānia, me ka emi ʻana o 10% wale nō ma Farani. .
Hoʻopili kēia mai ka nānā ʻana o ka ʻikepili Eurostat mai 2011 a 2019 e ka hui ʻoihana waiwai ʻole ʻo Coldiretti.
Ua ʻike pū ʻia ka hōʻike ʻo ka nui o nā huahana agri-food non-EU me nā koena kemika irregular he 5,6%, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka awelika EU o 1,3% a he 0,9% wale nō no Italia. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻikepili ma kahi laʻana o 96 mau meaʻai i kūʻai ʻia ma ka European Union.
"I mua o kēia mau hopena, pono ia e neʻe i mua ma ke ala o ka maopopo o ke kuleana e hōʻike i ke kumu o ka huahana ma ka lepili, mai ka ʻiʻo i ka waiū, nā huaʻai hou a me nā huaʻai i nā tōmato canned, cheeses a me nā sausages, ʻoiai inā ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike i ke kumu o nā huahana e like me nā hua i hoʻololi ʻia i wai a me nā jams, nā mea kanu kanu a me nā legumes a i ʻole ke kō, "wehewehe ka hui.
Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Cascina Pulita, ka mea hoʻokele ʻōpala mahiʻai, kahi ʻōnaehana kūʻokoʻa no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā pahu pesticide, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia ka mea ma mua o ka hoʻouna ʻia ʻana i ka ʻāina a i ʻole ke ahi.