Brussels, 31/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution adopted last Thursday, the European Parliament calls for Community legislation to reduce by half the amount of pesticides used in the European Union by 2010, in the interest of public health and the environment. Giving its position (with 239 votes in favour, 192 against and 29 abstentions) on the Commission's communication entitled "a thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides", the Parliament signed up to the major claim...