Will glyphosate finally be banned in the European Union
after 2022?
Roundup, Monsanto-Bayer’s infamous weedkiller
was reauthorized for 5 years at the end of 2017 after numerous
scandals: Monsanto papers, lawsuits in the United States, illegal
acquisition of journalists and activists private data...
An extension of this authorization is being debated again, and
the battle is far from being won.
Tell
French President Macron to oppose the European relicensing of
glyphosate.
Dangerous for the environment and public health, it is more
than urgent to do away with glyphosate in France and in Europe and
to start a real agricultural and food
transition.
It is known since 2015 that this substance is classified
as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health
Organization. Recently, France’s own National Institute of Health
and Medical Research (Inserm) strengthened the analysis of risks
associated with glyphosate.
Emmanuel Macron had pledged to phase out glyphosate in France "no
later than" early 2021. He did not keep this promise, but
France, which will take over the rotating presidency of the
EU in January 2022, can and must play a leading and unambiguous role
to ban glyphosate in Europe.
Let's demand together that France publicly oppose the renewal of
the authorization of this toxic pesticide in Europe.
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