The European Parliament's environment committee has opposed renewing the authorisation for bentazone for a further 15 years, due to its concerns about public and animal health and environmental protection. This pesticide is widely used in agriculture and often found in groundwater. It is also possibly an endocrine disruptor.
The objection to the European Commission draft was approved by 30 votes (21 against, with one abstention). The Commission’s draft implementing regulation proposes to...