Valentine’s Day, I think, has great timing. The colorful displays of candy, cards and of course, cut flowers provide much-needed color for our eyes. It is the cut flowers that really catch my ...

7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku) PARIS (AP) — Those Valentine flowers might come with a bit more than vivid colors and a nice scent. France’s oldest consumer group is reminding people that any ...

French Group Issues Valentine's Day Warning That Cut Flowers Have a Variety of Pesticides PARIS (AP) — Those Valentine flowers might come with a bit more than vivid colors and a nice scent.

The flower industry points to studies saying that cut flowers pose no health risk […] PARIS (AP) — Those Valentine flowers might come with a bit more than vivid colors and a nice scent.

In the Netherlands — which produces roughly 60% of the global trade — a similar study came to similar conclusions. Unlike for produce that is consumed, regulations in Europe on cut flowers ...

France’s oldest consumer group is reminding people that any imported cut flower likely also contains pesticides -- even those banned in Europe. Posted 2025-02-14T17:38:28+00:00 - Updated 2025-02 ...