Glyphosate

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Bangladesh: Form action plan to stop use of Glyphosate containing pesticides

The High Court today directed the government to form an action plan in 90 days in order to stop the use of Glyphosate containing hazardous pesticides including Roundup and to introduce safe alternative to Glyphosate containing pesticides. In…

French bans 40 glyphosate-based products

French health and environment agency ANSES said on last Monday it was banning 36 products containing herbicide glyphosate and refusing applications to launch another four glyphosate products due to insufficient data on health risks. The products…

Germany delays glyphosate exit

Pesticides with the controversial active ingredient, glyphosate , can be used in Germany for another year until December 15, 2020, without restrictions and requirements, reported "Spiegel" in its new edition. The Federal Office of Consumer…

Austrian leader blocks ban on glyphosate, citing technicality

Austria’s caretaker leader on Monday made clear she would not sign into law the European Union’s first national ban on the weedkiller glyphosate due to a technicality, infuriating environmentalists while delighting farmers’ groups. A…

Thailand reversed a planned ban on glyphosate and delayed ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos

Thailand's government on Wednesday reversed a planned ban on glyphosate and delayed the imposition of bans on two other chemicals used as agricultural pesticides, citing adverse affects on farmers, industry and international trade. Many local…

Mexico bans shipment of glyphosate pesticide

The Mexican government says it won’t allow a 1,000-ton shipment of the pesticide glyphosate into the country, citing health and environmental concerns. Mexico became the latest in a string of countries to announce bans on glyphosate, the…

EFSA: Review of the existing maximum residue levels for glyphosate

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) received from the European Commission a mandate to revise its previous review of the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for glyphosate taking into account additional data that were erroneously omitted…

Luxembourg will ban glyphosate from 2021

In two years time, the herbicide glyphosate will be banned in Luxembourg. Last month, the agricultural syndicate Lëtzebuerger Bauereverband criticised the decision, and the fact that farmers had not been consulted. Even today, farmers…

US: Vast majority of food have acceptable levels of pesticide residue

Agri-Pulse reports: The vast majority of foods tested for pesticide residues were found to be well within federally prescribed limits, the Food and Drug Administration said in its latest pesticide monitoring report, which includes data for…