Brussels, 27/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - Greenpeace has just published the 2016 pesticides blacklist in the EU, which lists 2009 active substances. These account for almost 40% of all pesticides authorised in the EU.
This blacklist is the third of its kind and examined 520 active substances used in the EU in terms of their potential toxicity on human health and the environment. New criteria regarding hazard evaluation were also added to this annex such as, for example, environmental impact...