Renew EU market approval for glyphosate, but only for 7 years

[proverbialwisdom]

Source: By Jane Byrne, Feed Navigator

13-Apr-2016

The controversial herbicide, glyphosate, should be reauthorized but not for 15 years as originally proposed, say MEPs, citing concerns about its carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties.

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Read more: http://www.feednavigator.com/Regulation/Renew-EU-market-approval-for-glyphosate-but-only-for-7-years-MEPs

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1. GM Watch: European Parliament agrees to glyphosate re-approval for 7 years

http://www.gmwatch.org/news/latest-news/16868-european-parliament-agrees-to-glyphosate-re-approval-for-7-years

European Parliament agrees to glyphosate re-approval for 7 years

Published: 13 April 2016

This vote to re-approve glyphosate for 7 as opposed to the usual 15 years is non-binding on the Commission and EU member states, but arguably carries moral weight. The EU member states will take the final vote.

While this is not the ban that we and many groups wanted, the Parliament asks for significant restrictions on glyphosate use:

· No approval of non-professional use
· No approval in or close to public parks/playground/gardens
· No approval where integrated pest management systems are sufficient for necessary weed control
· Strict limitations on pre-harvest applications (desiccation), which are deemed unacceptable.

MORE: http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/category//outcome-of-vote-on-glyphosate-an-outrageous-gamble

[FighttheFuture]

2. Sad to see EU regulators being dumbasses. This crap should be banned immeidatly and Monsanto

sued for the destruction costs and damage it has caused. I suppose its better than nothing, but still not enough.