A widely held assumption about the use of pesticides in the agricultural industry in Costa Rica puts our country at the top of lists that rank nations by how much they use agrochemical pesticides. At 51.2 kg of pesticide used per hectare of farmland, hospitals in Costa Rica should be filled with patients languishing from poisoning and cancer. Somehow, this is not the case. How come? The two most-often cited statistical sources when it comes to measuring pesticide use in Costa Rica come from the National University and the World Resources Institute (WRI). The latter defines its pesticide use data … Continue reading Is Costa Rica Really Drowning in Agricultural Pesticides?