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Parliament Glyphosate Vote Recommends Reduced Approval to 7 Years

April 13, 2016 ARC

The European Commission should renew the EU market approval for glyphosate for another 7 years only instead of 15 as originally proposed, says the non-binding resolution. Improved and more transparent evidence are also called for. […]

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Glyphosate approval – Parliament’s ENVI Committee Objects

March 22, 2016 Oliver Moore

The European Commission “should not renew the approval of the herbicide substance glyphosate on the EU market.” That’s according to the European Parliament’s Environment Committee, which objects to the Commission’s plans to approve the controversial substance in June of this year, for a further 15 years. […]

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Glyphosate Vote Cancelled, Approval Process Rocked

March 8, 2016 Oliver Moore

A national experts’ vote on the European Commission’s plan to grant a new 15-year lease to the herbicide glyphosate was cancelled today (Tuesday) as several countries raised concerns over cancer warnings by the World Health Organisation. […]

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Politically Carcinogenic: Taking Policy Decisions Without Scientific Consensus

March 3, 2016 Thies Julius Lorenzen

The European Commission has postponed a vote on a 15-year reauthorisation of the substance Glyphosate, following important concerns from EU Member States and environmental organisations. This article looks at what’s next in the Glyphosate debate, before reviewing the most contentious issues surrounding this topic. […]

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Parliament Votes to Oppose Importing GM Soya

February 15, 2016 Oliver Moore

The European Parliament voted to oppose the importation of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans into the European Union. This vote sets it against the EU Commission, which wants to authorise these GM soybeans for feed use. […]

Recent updates

Europe Starts Taking Glyphosate off the Shelves

June 16, 2015 Peter Crosskey

As the French government and Swiss retailers, among many others, start to restrict glyphosate, is time up for the world’s most popular pesticide? […]

Main stories

Roundup Ready soybeans, worse than you thought

May 2, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Study debunks the ongoing argument of the biotech industry that GM and non-GM soybeans are substantially equivalent […]

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Weed killer found in human urine across Europe

June 13, 2013 ARC

Research commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe reveals worrying results […]

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