Germany Set To Ban Glyphosate From End Of 2023
Source: DW
The German government has agreed a ban on the use of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate. Austria has already banned the chemical, which has been linked with cancer.
Use of glyphosate will be banned in Germany from the end of 2023, after a phased effort to reduce its application by farmers. The ban, agreed by the Cabinet on Wednesday, is part of an insect conservation program from Environment Minister Svenja Schulze.
It includes a "systematic reduction strategy" which would initially prohibit use of the chemical in domestic gardens and allotments, and on the edge of farmers' fields.
Germany's move comes after lawmakers in Austria passed a bill banning all use of the weedkiller, making the country the first to do so. Some 20 French mayors banned it from their municipalities last month -- in defiance of their national government...
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Glyphosate was developed by Monsanto under the brand name Roundup. The chemical is now out of patent and is marketed worldwide by dozens of other chemical groups including Dow Agrosciences and Germany's BASF.
Concerns about the chemical's safety came to light when a WHO/World Health Organization agency report concluded in 2015 that it probably causes cancer. The German chemical giant Bayer which acquired Monsanto last year says studies and regulators have deemed glyphosate and Roundup safe for human use.
But some 18,000 people have brought legal action against the firm since the takeover. They claim that the use of glyphosate has caused them to develop various types of cancer.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Still on the shelves in americu..despite the findings it causes cancer...
Course here in the good ole usofa, we keep the big sellers going regardless of the people it kills...
Example...tobacco...
Guns...
jcgoldie
(11,639 posts)Monsanto is a person too!
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)The clinical evidence is very weak and anecdotal.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Roundup has just started a sales campaign!
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Granted, PCB's, Dioxin and Agent Orange may have been mistakes, but: American Icon!
Fix The Stupid
(948 posts)The other one should be here soon...giving us the corporate spin. Soulless monsters...anything for a $.