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Related: About this forumFrance to Ban Glyphosate Weedkillers
http://www.nationofchange.org/news/2016/04/08/france-ban-glyphosate-weedkillers/Two months after Frances minister of ecology called for the ban, France has decided to ban glyphosate when mixed with certain additives.
In February the minister, Ségolène Royal, called fro ANSES Frances food, environment and health agency to ban herbicides containing glyphosate mixed with tallow amine. Tallow amine is an additive that aids the effectiveness of herbicides. Both are present in the famous Monsanto weedkiller, Roundup. France originally banned Roundup from garden centers last year.
In March of last year the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization, IARC, published a study that linked Roundup to cancer. Then the European Food Safety Agency released information that suggested that although glyphosate on its own was not known to cause cancer, they admitted they hadnt studied glyphosate when mixed with additional additives, so there could be safety concerns.
This week ANSES sent a letter to manufacturers preparing them it intends to withdraw all herbicides containing glyphosate mixed with tallow amine.
Monsanto maintains that their product is safe, and that the recent arguments over glyphosate or purely political.
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France to Ban Glyphosate Weedkillers (Original Post)
eridani
Apr 2016
OP
Lucky French ! So will U$A ever break free of the toxic mixes ?? $$$ says doubtful
Person 2713
Apr 2016
#1
K & R. Monsatan's poison chemicals, global manufactured scourge of the earth.
appalachiablue
Apr 2016
#7
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)1. Lucky French ! So will U$A ever break free of the toxic mixes ?? $$$ says doubtful
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)2. So to combat Glyphosate they're going to eliminate the use of a surfactant
that reduces the amount used.
Brilliant.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)3. Here come the "debunkers" claiming Roundup is safe.....
And here I am casting this out:
NickB79
(19,253 posts)8. Funny, my farmer family members use that same sprayer on non-GM crops
Only they spray even MORE toxic shit like atrazine.
Botany
(70,516 posts)4. has decided to ban glyphosate when mixed with certain additives.
this does not mean a ban on round up.
BTW I use round up and help the environment all the time. Non native invasive plants are the
devil.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)5. This ban will increase the use of glyphosate.
The product that was banned is a surfactant that is added to reduce the amount of glyphosate that is used to be effective. Farmers will likely double or even triple the amount of glyphosate applied to continue effective results due to this ban.
Overseas
(12,121 posts)6. K&R. Glad to hear it.
It's a start.
appalachiablue
(41,144 posts)7. K & R. Monsatan's poison chemicals, global manufactured scourge of the earth.