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Luxembourg, the first EU country to ban glyphosate

The pesticide glyphosate, which is suspected of causing cancer, will begin to be partially banned in Luxembourg next February, a ban that will be completed by the end of the year and will make the country the first in the European Union (EU)…

US EPA proposes new atrazine herbicide measures

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed interim registration decision on atrazine that includes mandatory spray drift control measures and other label updates. The proposal is part of the agency’s re-registration review…

Chlorpyrifos ban proposed in Washington legislature

The pesticide chlorpyrifos would be banned in Washington except for use on three crops under a bill introduced Jan. 20 in the state Senate. Mint, onion and sweet corn growers would be able to use the chemical. Other farmers could apply for…

Important US EPA decisions coming

The EPA this year will deliver important decisions to U.S. agriculture, including on chlorpyrifos, glyphosate , the neonicotinoids, pyrethroids, atrazine and over-the-top dicamba. Rick Keigwin is the director of EPA's Office of Pesticide…

Brazil: Anvisa concludes public consultation on abamectin

The deadline for contributions to Public Consultation 728/2019, which deals with the toxicological re-evaluation of the active ingredient, abamectin, in agrochemical products in the country, ended on 23rd December, 2019. The agency's proposal,…

Brazil: Anvisa begins carbendazim re-evaluation

At the end of December 2019, Anvisa published the Public Call Notice 01/2019, which called on companies holding carbendazim agrochemical registrations to take part in a meeting on the revaluation procedures to be adopted. The notice marks…

Non - renewal of of the approval of the active substance chlorpyrifos-methyl

Title of document Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance chlorpyrifos-methyl, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance thiacloprid

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance thiacloprid, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of…

FAO: Against the world spread fall armyworm

The Fall Armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is an insect that is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. In the absence of natural control or good management, it can cause significant damage to crop. It prefers maize…