The government of Mexico announced a ban in early September of 35 pesticide compounds being used in farming, calling this a 'historic' second step from the last such ban in 1991, which affected 21 pesticides. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo told the press on 3 September that many of the pesticides, like DDT, had long been banned elsewhere but were still being used in Mexico. The ban was on the "use, production, sale and importation" of 35 compounds, which the country's Agriculture and Rural Development minister, Julio Berdegué Sacristán said in turn had been tagged as harmful in several international texts (Basel, Stokholm, Rotterdam conventions, etc..). Sheinbaum said the government would publish two more blacklists in 2026 and 2027. The chemicals banned included Aldicarb, used in citrus and sugar cultivations, and Carbuforan, used for cotton, coffee and avocado, Spain's El País reported.
