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Pool, playa and PARASITES: Spain’s sweltering weather brings dangers of disease-spreading ticks

SPAIN’S scorching summer has found the country inviting in an unwelcome guest: ticks, which can latch onto both wild and domesticated animals. But these arachnids (indeed they belong to the same group

7 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Health·Lead

Spain’s fruit and veg facing biggest threat since Brexit thanks to host of pests and parasites

Here we look across Spain for the fruit and veg most under threat from pests

28 Apr, 2019 @ 10:00

Food & Drink·Lead

WATCH: Dad in Spain pulls live parasite from daughter’s ‘cooked’ Mercadona fish forcing supermarket to defend seafood

If the parasite is ingested by humans it can cause vomiting, nausea and violent abdominal pain

19 Feb, 2019 @ 11:20

Food & Drink·Health·Lead·National News

BEAST FROM THE EAST: Andalucia’s Christmas chestnut crops DESTROYED by wasp from China

SWEET chestnut harvests in Andalucia have been decimated by insects from the Far East this Christmas. The chestnut gall wasp from China is thought to be responsible for plunges in the crop’s

30 Dec, 2018 @ 12:30

Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Nature