'Ban them until we know they're safe': Dutch flower growers urged to stop using pesticides

Organic float at annual flower parade a sign of changing times amid concerns over chemicals' link to neurological disordersFlower farmer John Huiberts stands next to a flamingo made of thousands of organic pink hyacinths. At the annual BloemenCorso, or flower parade, where decorated floats travel through 26 miles of fields in full bloom, his electric vehicle is a sign of changing times in the Netherlands."It makes you proud," said the co-owner of Huiberts Biologische Bloembollen, who went organic 11 years ago. "They say the chemicals are safe but I don't know. It took me a few years to have good and healthy bulbs, but it is reassuring not to use them any more." Continue reading...