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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11498
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment

Greens say Commission glyphosate 2031 authorisation is scandalous

Brussels, 24/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - Although the glyphosate herbicide has been acknowledged as probably being carcinogenic for human beings by the WHO's International Research Centre, the European Commission will be proposing the reapproval of the controversial pesticide until 2031. The outraged Green/EFA group at the European Parliament made this announcement on Wednesday 24 February.

The Greens obtained a draft of the Commission project, which is based on the very controversial opinion...

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