PEUT-ON NOURRIR LA FRANCE SANS PESTICIDES ?

Lyon hosted the One Health Summit in early April 2026. Among the topics discussed were the dangers of pesticides, as numerous studies have highlighted the harmful effects of some of these products on the environment and health for several decades. With 🎙️ Marc-André Selosse, professor at the National Museum of Natural History and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. 🎙️ François Dedieu, sociologist, research director at INRAE 🎙️ Géraldine Woessner, editor-in-chief of the society section of Le Point magazine 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:49 Presentation of the three guests 00:02:56 The dual scientific consensus: cancers among farmers and the collapse of biodiversity 00:05:01 Pesticides are not all the same: the debate on banned vs. authorized molecules 00:07:14 The Agrican cohort: 25% fewer cancers among farmers, but 4 cancers overrepresented 00:08:14 The crucial distinction: academic science vs. regulatory practices 00:11:56 Why is it so difficult to establish a causal link between pesticides and diseases? 00:14:14 Agriculture has already transformed: figures for molecules banned since 2009 00:16:31 Weak signals and the precautionary principle: should we wait for certainty before acting? 00:18:40 PFAS in wine: perennial pollutants at the heart of our food 00:21:44 The case of acetamiprid: when EFSA reduced the permitted dose by a factor of five 00:25:13 The limitations of toxicological tests: force-feeding, isolated species, ignored chronic effects 00:27:11 The cocktail effect: two weak molecules can become 100 times more toxic under stress 00:28:21 Can we feed 68 million French people without pesticides? 00:33:03 Concrete alternatives: varietal mixtures, agroecology, precision agriculture 00:36:08 The forgotten consumer in the debate: the role of large retailers and purchasing choices 00:37:20 The transition is underway 📌 All episodes of "Questions du soir: le débat" can be found right here 👉 https://www.radiofrance.fr/francecult... #pesticides #organic #agriculture _____________ Find us on: Instagram:   / franceculture   Facebook:   / franceculture   TikTok:   / franceculture   LinkedIn:   / franceculture   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/francecultur... And subscribe to The Culture Prime newsletter: https://www.cultureprime.fr/