French President: glyphosate impossible to be banned within three years

In November 2017, the European Union had renewed the glyphosate approval for 5 years, but Emmanuel Macron had pledged to have it banned in France by 2021. However, despite this commitment, the French president announced yesterday during a…
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Canada is confirming the current registration of herbicide hexazinone

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is confirming the current registration of pest control products containing hexazinone in Canada with the label amendments following a special review of all registered hexazinone products,…

Global controlled release fertilizer market to reach USD 3.92 billion by 2024

Controlled release fertilizers encompass one or more plant nutrients in a coated form that delay their availability for plant uptake and use after application. Controlled release fertilizers offer several advantages over the conventional fertilizers.…

EFSA to share data on open-access platform

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has taken a major step towards becoming a fully open data organisation by committing to publish the scientific data it uses for EU-wide monitoring programmes and surveys and many of its risk assessments. In…

China announces fertilizer tariffs for 2019

The Chinese government has announced its 2019 import and export policy for fertilizers, making significant changes to the export tax rates for all fertilizer products. The export tax for phosphate rock has been revised down to zero percent…

BCPC launches the 2019 UK Pesticide Guide

The UK Pesticide Guide is the key authoritative reference for advisors, growers, contractors, local authorities and many others managing the impact of pests and diseases. Updated for 2019, this essential reference for all pesticide products…

German BfR rejects accusations of deliberate deception in glyphosate assessment

"It is the remit of politics, NGOs and the media to make inquiries about the work undertaken by authorities," says Professor Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel. "However, we often see that the complexity of the conventional procedure for the re-approval…

French parks and public gardens bid adieu to pesticides

As reported by the Associated Press, France's pesticide ban applies to all public parks, gardens and forests including famed Parisian green spaces like Jardin des Tuileries, Bois de Vincennes and Jardin de Luxembourg. For now, pesticides can…

MEPs propose blueprint to improve EU pesticide approval procedure

Plans to boost trust in the EU approval procedure of pesticides, by making it more transparent and accountable, were put forward by Parliament on Wednesday. MEPs agreed that the public should be granted access to the studies used in the procedure…