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 * 31,000 tonnes of pesticide are sprayed on UK land every year
 * Exposure on a long-term and regular basis to pesticides often results in chronic illnesses such as cancer, and reproductive and neurological related health problems
 * The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that 772,000 new cases of disease caused by pesticides occur annually
 * The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) identifies 150 pesticides as potentially carcinogenic (cancer causing)
 * Developmental and behavioural effects in various animal species
 * Associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
 * Reproductive and endocrine disruptions
 * Associated with a cancer in dogs (canine malignant lymphoma)
 * Increased number of abnormal sperm in exposed farmers
 * Decreased fertility in male rats
 * Loss of biodiversity - destroying animal, plant and micro-organic life. This depletes the resources of the local ecosystem resulting in infertility, lack of resistance to pests and disease etc
 * Interference with natural pest control - soil and the environment in general has its own system for dealing with pests
 * Animal deaths and disease
 * 43% of all fruit and vegetables contain measurable pesticide residues
 * 50% of all lettuce has pesticide residues from more than 7 synthetic chemicals