The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden The durable agriculture campaign group Générations futures published an interactive map, called Géophyto based on data they collected showing pesticide and herbicide purchases per cultivated hectare across France which uses information from the 'database supplied by distributors' (BNV-D) could be the closest indication of where pesticides and herbicides are used the most in France due to the fact that spraying records are not made public "It is an important step forward in transparency" with the stated goal of "enabling the French to know everything about pesticide purchases" the group found that pesticide purchases are highest per cultivated hectare in départements in the north and south-west of France mostly rural départements with high levels of agricultural activity – notably large-scale cereal crops and winegrowing – are where the most pesticides are purchased READ MORE: ANALYSIS: Will France's rural rail networks be revived? led the way in terms of overall tonnage for all substances combined But in terms of volumes of products classified as carcinogenic Somme and Pas-de-Calais form the top three in terms of purchases Générations futures said that more features will also become available in a few weeks including more detailed maps with information by post code or municipality Please log in to leave a comment You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Irish rider JB Murphy has suffered serious injuries while racing in France, with his incident coming just 48 hours after his EvoPro Racing team mate Seán Nolan rode into a trap set on a trail in Co Meath and suffered multiple broken bones Murphy (22) had been selected for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham but has suffered fractures in the crash during Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies (1.2) in France He was in the same group as team mate Liam Curley and was trying to move Curley up in the group when the crash occurred Murphy moved to his left to try and locate Curley behind him and as he did so another rider moved to his right They both bumped each other as the group was approaching a traffic island where a crash occurred involving a large number of riders he came down hard and fractured five vertabrae The Kildare rider – who was also selected for the upcoming European Track Championships after taking bronze last year – also suffered a muscle haematoma which was bleeding when he was admitted to hospital He was taken from the crash scene by ambulance and was set to spend last night in hospital under observation EvoPro Racing told stickybottle the fractures would not require surgery The team was hopeful Murphy would be able to return to racing within weeks which he was due to ride on the Northern Ireland team starting this week and the Europeans in just under three weeks EvoPro Racing added while the team was very disappointed for both Murphy and Nolan both riders would recover from their injuries and the team was somewhat relieved at that outlook Yesterday’s race was won solo by Kiwi Laurence Pithie (Equipe Continentale Groupama-FDJ) Irish riders Curley and Cian Keogh both finished for EvoPro Racing placing 28th and 46th at 2:02 and 2:54 respectively We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up