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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11550

13 May 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / (ae) environment

12/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - MEP's urine contains high glyphosate levels. At the beginning of April, 50 MEPs from 13 countries participated in a urine test analysed by the German Biocheck laboratory to detect levels of glyphosate, a controversial pesticide that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has acknowledged is probably carcinogenic. The average glyphosate level in MEPs' urine was 1.7 µg/litre, 17 times higher than the average detected in European drinking water (0.1 µg/litre),...

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BEACONS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS