Let’s be like Paris and ban pesticides in cities, say UK campaigners

The Palais de Chaillot and Trocadéro gardens in Paris. Since 2017 pesticides have been banned in French towns and cities, with a ban in private gardens in 2019. Photograph: Hercules Milas/Alamy

The UK should copy Paris and ban pesticides in urban areas, campaigners and local councils have said.

Drawing attention to how the capital city of France still looked pristine while hosting the Olympics, the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has said the same can be true of UK towns and cities.