EUROPE: Move to Halve Pesticides Use.BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (IPS) – Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are seeking that pesticide use be halved within a decade in order to reduce the amount of hazardous chemicals in the environment.Some 40 percent of all fruit and vegetables on sale in the European Union could be contaminated with pesticide residues, with 5 percent exceeding legal thresholds, according to studies cited by green campaigners. [ See ]