Reposted by Andrea K
Blood roses: Growing and exporting flowers has become a speciality of Ecuador’s economy in recent years - but critics say the rose boom has trapped producers in a toxic system marked by the overuse of pesticides. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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The true cost of Ecuador’s perfect roses: how the global flower trade poisons workers
Many farmers in the Andes rely on growing blooms for export, but high water usage and risky pesticides threaten Indigenous communities
