Human rights

Million liters of poison for eggs and bacon

Every year millions of litres of pesticides are sprayed out over soy fields in Argentina to ensure that you can buy eggs, bacon, milk and pork chops. The Pesticide is suspected of being behind an increase in the number of miscarriages, deformities, incidents of cancer and other life-threatening conditions. Danish agriculture spends billions every years on importing soy for animal feed.
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G4S retreat from settlements drags out

In March G4S announced that the company would end several activities in illegal settlements on the West Bank. But this will first happen between 2012 and 2015, G4S now informs. And the company continues to provide security services in settlements and equipment to prisons

Ramboll will act against slave labour

After Danwatch in February revealed that Ramboll ignored slave-like working conditions at partners' work places in Dubai, Denmark's largest consulting engineer is changing its conduct, writes Ingeniøren.

Ramboll's partners use slave labour

Denmark's largest engineering consultancy firm is involved in prestige constructions worth millions in Dubai. Several of Ramboll's partners recruit Asian migrant workers under conditions characterised by experts as modern slavery.

Your dates could be grown on occupied land

Føtex and COOP import dates from Israeli suppliers who have production in the occupied Jordan Valley. The supermarkets do not control whether their dates come from one of the illegal settlements.

Gourmet-menu with a hint of repression

Restaurants in the Radisson hotel chain in Copenhagen are among the Danish restaurants that use herbs from illegal Israeli settlements.

Fruits of the settlement in our food

Research from Danwatch shows that herbs, dates, fruits and vegetables from illegal Israeli settlements end up in Denmark.

Føtex chain sells settlement peppers

Danish supermarkets sell fruit and vegetables from the illegal settlements in Palestine, shows research from DanWatch.