France to Ban Glyphosate Weedkillers

[eridani]

http://www.nationofchange.org/news/2016/04/08/france-ban-glyphosate-weedkillers/

Two months after France’s minister of ecology called for the ban, France has decided to ban glyphosate when mixed with certain additives.

In February the minister, Ségolène Royal, called fro ANSES – France’s food, environment and health agency – to ban herbicides containing glyphosate mixed with tallow amine. Tallow amine is an additive that aids the effectiveness of herbicides. Both are present in the famous Monsanto weedkiller, Roundup. France originally banned Roundup from garden centers last year.

In March of last year the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization, IARC, published a study that linked Roundup to cancer. Then the European Food Safety Agency released information that suggested that although glyphosate on its own was not known to cause cancer, they admitted they hadn’t studied glyphosate ‘when mixed with additional additives, so there could be safety concerns.

This week ANSES sent a letter to manufacturer’s preparing them it intends to withdraw all herbicides containing glyphosate mixed with tallow amine.

Monsanto maintains that their product is safe, and that the recent arguments over glyphosate or purely “political.”

[Person 2713]

1. Lucky French ! So will U$A ever break free of the toxic mixes ?? $$$ says doubtful

[Cassiopeia]

2. So to combat Glyphosate they're going to eliminate the use of a surfactant

that reduces the amount used.

Brilliant.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Here come the "debunkers" claiming Roundup is safe.....

And here I am casting this out:

[NickB79]

8. Funny, my farmer family members use that same sprayer on non-GM crops

Only they spray even MORE toxic shit like atrazine.

[Botany]

4. has decided to ban glyphosate when mixed with certain additives.

this does not mean a ban on round up.

BTW I use round up and help the environment all the time. Non native invasive plants are the
devil.

[Cassiopeia]

5. This ban will increase the use of glyphosate.

The product that was banned is a surfactant that is added to reduce the amount of glyphosate that is used to be effective. Farmers will likely double or even triple the amount of glyphosate applied to continue effective results due to this ban.

[Overseas]

6. K&R. Glad to hear it.

It's a start.

[appalachiablue]

7. K & R. Monsatan's poison chemicals, global manufactured scourge of the earth.