Dirk de Bekker is a leading Dutch investigative journalist in the field of pesticides and environmental affairs. He has reported extensively on European and global pesticide use for television, radio and investigative journals, both in the Netherlands and abroad. He has directed and presented various popular science programmes for the Dutch public broadcaster, NPO. His book is the result of seven years of in-depth research, including over four hundred interviews and extensive archival work. Photo credit: © Luciano Ölz
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28.04.2026
Pesticides and the Missing Test for Parkinson’s
Evidence that Parkinson’s, the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease globally, may be linked to pesticides used in agriculture has been accumulating for decades. Yet, after finally appearing to take experts’ concerns seriously, EU authorisation bodies have failed to take meaningful action. An excerpt from Dirk de Bekker’s book Het pesticidenparadijs (“Pesticide Paradise”).
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