The Keukenhof flower gardens may be closed to the public this year, but the park’s gardeners are determined that as many people as possible can enjoy the display of seven million bulbs – virtually. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency, which is based in Rijswijk near The Hague, has published a series of satellite images showing how the bulb fields near …
The spraying of agricultural poison on the Dutch bulb fields exposes many more local residents to much higher concentrations of these pesticides for much longer periods than was expected, according to a scientific study by research committee pesticides and residents OBO. "The most important conclusion of the research is that we found high concentrations of pesticides in the air and …
