Brussels, 14/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 12 September, with the adoption of the report by Hiltrud Breyer (Greens, Germany) on the proposal for a regulation to update existing EU law on the authorisation of new pesticide products, the European Parliament's environment committee took a stance at first reading for tougher rules to protect human health and the environment and to stimulate innovation in the chemicals industry. MEPs essentially backed the “substitution principle”...