A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intended to facilitate access to the market to safer bio-pesticides. The proposal would grant indefinite EU approval of pesticide active substances, while removing the obligation for Member States to consider the most recent independent scientific evidence during national pesticide product authorisations.
  • rollerbang@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    13 days ago

    Let’s not. I’m all for not… Like why all the progress in the recent years to get just undone?

      • kubofhromoslav@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        13 days ago

        And progressives and liberals need to start really listen to conservatives and include their perceived needs in the common politics.

  • Wooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    13 days ago

    Did the EU commission just get replaced with Monsanto?

    This reads like Monsanto propaganda.

  • starlinguk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    13 days ago

    Meanwhile, children living around the bulb fields in the Netherlands are getting leukemia because even the approved pesticides aren’t safe.

  • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    12 days ago

    Chat control. Pesticides. US cars. The only indecision we havenis for supporting our rights and allies.

    Its scumbags after scumbags all the way down.