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Press note: Good and bad news for health as the ENVI Committee votes on pesticides

Press note: Good and bad news for health as the ENVI Committee votes on pesticides

The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), voted on the draft proposal for a Sustainable use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) and the non-binding objection to the renewal of the widely used pesticide glyphosate. While the objection for non-renewal of glyphosate failed, the SUR was adopted, but in order to truly protect health more ambition is needed. 
A pesticide-free EU: an opportunity to protect health

A pesticide-free EU: an opportunity to protect health

European agriculture is pesticide-intensive, relying on a vast amount of health-harming substances. For people’s health, it is crucial that the EU Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUR) regulation is agreed upon without delay.
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