The member state representatives on the EU’s PAFF committee, meeting in Brussels on Thursday 20 July, held an initial exchange of views with the European Commission on the latter’s proposal to renew the authorisation of glyphosate for a period of ten years. Glyphosate is the active substance in the world’s most widely used herbicide. The proposal has been the cause of controversy for two years against a backdrop of scientific controversy over whether or not it is carcinogenic.
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