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The truth about the viral photos of a Dutch field ‘sprayed with weedkiller’

By France24
06 May 2023   |   12:04 pm
Two Dutch personalities have clashed over two versions of a picture, one showing a green and pleasant field in the Netherlands. The other shows the same field but yellowed, allegedly from being sprayed with glyphosate, a weedkiller whose use is controversial because of the health risks it may pose. Journalist Marieke Kuypers helps us decipher which photo, if either, is real.

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