On Thursday 1 June, EU Member State experts meeting in the PAFF Committee approved the European Commission’s proposal to ban dimoxystrobin, the active ingredient in one of the most toxic pesticides widely used on grains, oilseeds and grasses.
The news was immediately hailed by PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network) as “a great win for health and the environment”. However, the NGO pointed out that “if the rules had been respected, dimoxystrobin would have been banned in 2016, based...