The Commission has decided on its own authority to ban diquat, the highly toxic active ingredient from Syngenta that is used in pesticides, in the absence of opinion from member states, it was reported on Friday 12 October. This ban also applies to thiram and pymetrozine, while malathion, which has been identified as a risk to birds, can only be used in greenhouses, the institution said.
In the appeals committee, last July, the member states failed to approve or reject the ban proposal...