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Farmers do not have to rely on herbicides - PAN report
Farmers and growers have become dependent on pesticides and herbicides, principally those based on glyphosate, but there are alternatives according...
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Farmers and growers have become dependent on pesticides and herbicides, principally those based on glyphosate, but there are alternatives according...
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A new report from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) on glyphosate usage highlights the wide range of non-chemical alternatives to...
Agri-Business
Researchers from the University of Galway have found that one quarter of families that took part in a study were...
Environment
A proposal from the European Commission to extend the expiring authorisation of glyphosate by one year was blocked by EU...
Environment
The government has been urged to take action and ban the use of glyphosate herbicide by public bodies, by People...
Environment
New research from the US that found the herbicide glyphosate in 80% of urine samples tested, has been labelled “frightening”...
Environment
The ‘hazard’ classification of glyphosate will be discussed at a meeting of the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) committee for risk...
Rural Life
Farmers in France that declare they no longer use glyphosate will be granted temporary tax credits. The French Ministry for...
Tillage
Researchers at an Irish university are assessing the level of exposure of glyphosate to farmers and their families. Ireland’s bioMonitoring...
Rural Life
Exceedances for the pesticide glyphosate have been detected in the public drinking water supplies in four different areas of Co....
Agri-Business
Bayer is set to agree to a settlement in the long-running legal battle concerning its glyphosate-based weed killer brand Roundup. A...
Tillage
For the time being, Austria will not proceed with a ban on glyphosate which was due to begin on January...
Rural Life
Germany looks set to ban the use of glyphosate weedkiller from the end of 2023, according to a report by...
Environment
An exceedance for glyphosate has been detected in the public drinking water supply in Newport, Co. Mayo, prompting an appeal...
Rural Life
A California jury has awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer...
Tillage
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it “continues to find that there are no risks to public...
Agri-Business
A second trial into Monsanto’s Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause of a...
Tillage
French authorities have banned the sale, distribution and use of a Roundup product following a court decision last week. The...