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EU to renew glyphosate licence, ignoring concerns
Brussels – A qualified majority of European governments voted to approve the European Commission’s plan to grant a five-year unrestricted licence to glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller that has been…
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Media Advisory: European Parliament and #StopGlyphosate coalition to challenge Andriukaitis over weedkiller approval
Formal hearing for European Citizens’ Initiative at 3:30 pm CET today Representatives of the #StopGlyphosate European Citizens’ Initiative will present their demands at a hearing in the European Parliament at…
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EU governments reject Commission push for glyphosate
Brussels – European governments have again refused to support a European Commission plan to grant a shortened but unrestricted licence for glyphosate, Europe’s most widely used weedkiller that has been…
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Growing number of EU governments oppose re-approval of glyphosate
Brussels – Amid mounting political and public opposition to glyphosate, representatives of European governments have again rejected the Commission’s proposal to grant the controversial and widely used weedkiller a new…
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Glyphosate: a licence is a licence, no matter how long it’s for
Greenpeace comment Brussels – Commenting on the European Commission’s new plan to push for a five- or seven-year licence for the weedkiller glyphosate, Greenpeace EU food policy director Franziska Achterberg…
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European Parliament resoundingly votes to end glyphosate use
Brussels – Today the European Parliament resoundingly voted for an end to glyphosate use by 2022, with 355 in favour, 204 against and 111 abstentions. The resolution calls for a…
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Commissioner Andriukaitis confronted with demands of over one million Europeans to ban glyphosate
Two days before EU members states are expected to vote on whether to renew the licence for the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, representatives of the Stop Glyphosate European Citizens’ Initiative have…
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Monsanto’s view of independent science copied into EU evaluations
Brussels, 15 September 2017 – According to media reports, large sections of the EU report evaluating the independent science on glyphosate’s potential risk to human health have been copied, word…
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Giant weedkiller bottle torn down as Europe debates future of glyphosate
1.3 Million Europeans call for ban in fastest growing citizens initiative Brussels – Citizens toppled a giant glyphosate bottle at the Schuman roundabout outside the European Commission to symbolise the…
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First pan-European field study confirms neonicotinoid pesticides harm bees
Greenpeace’s comment on new findings Exeter, 29 June 2017 – A major industry-funded field study [1] assessing the impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam on honeybees and wild bees…
