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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11539

26 April 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Commission could authorise glyphosate for 10 more years with German green light

Brussels, 25/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - To enhance the chances of securing a broad consensus among the member states on renewing the authorisation of glyphosate, a highly controversial pesticide which the WHO says is probably carcinogenic, the European Commission is reworking its proposal and could reduce the weedkiller's period of renewal to 10 years rather than the 15 initially planned.

MEP Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany), who sits on both the Parliament's environment and...

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