Brussels, 19/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - Biocides are products to kill pests, ranging from rat-killers to wood disinfectants via insecticides, and they will soon be the subject of strict EU precautionary principle rules, now that MEPs on 19 January 2012 approved the provisional agreement between the EP and the Council of Ministers on an EU regulation on the use and sale of biocides in order to protect human and animal health and the environment, encourage innovation, and simplify the...