In the name of public health and environmental protection, and to put an end to a practice it disapproves of, the European Parliament could oppose on Thursday 10 June the European Commission’s plan to extend the authorisation in the EU of roughly 40 toxic active substances—including flumioxazin, an active substance of high concern in pesticides.
Parliament is expected to rely on the fact that this substance is classified as a category 1B reproductive toxicant and since 2014 has been...