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EU ministers agree cancer
causing pesticides ban
Euro
News
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Cancer causing chemicals in pesticides will be banned under
a deal thrashed out by EU agriculture ministers after two years
of negotiations. The new rules will totally prohibit the marketing
and use of substances proven to be carcinogenic, mutagenic and
toxic to reproductive systems.
The Slovenian Minister of Agriculture and President of the council
on pesticides, Iztok Jarc, welcomed the agreement: “This
is indeed a major success in order to implement all the necessary
standards to prevent all the potential negative impact that plant
protection product could have on the environment and human health.”
The deal is expected to get the backing of the EU assembly in
the autumn.
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It would force farmers and chemical makers to replace hazardous
plant protection products with safer materials.
The use of pesticides near nature reserves or parks would be
banned and crop-dusting restricted.
The bill will tighten and simplify the rules for authorising
new pesticides on the EU market and aims to force pesticide makers
to reduce animal testing of their products.
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