EU Bans Certain Pesticides

European Parliament negotiators have struck a political deal with EU countries about revising pesticide authorization rules that would reduce the number of crop chemicals on the market, officials said on Thursday.

The changes, to be debated by the full parliament in January and again by EU farm ministers after that, would replace a 1991 law and let groups of countries with similar geography and climate decide whether farmers may use specific products.

But politically, a broad consensus had now been reached that should smooth the way for a final deal to be rubber stamped, probably in the first few months of 2009, officials said.
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Comments

[Mavin1620]

I hope that they are paying attention to the "inert" list, too. The ban on pesticides needs to be specific that they cannot be found in any product. The "inert" list on a product only means that it is filled with something that does not directly affect the designated use. This means that herbicides are loaded with pesticides and vice versa.

[JuniorNorman]

Good for EU. We need strict laws on GMO seeds and pesticides here.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/429.html

[RaisingAwareness]

There have been studies and even lawsuits which show a link between pesticides and the reduced population of honey bees.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/06/honey_bees.html

[ConcernedAboutRFuture]

But NOT the US! Why should we care about our food chain? We'll just keep eating gm'd corn and soy and be the fattest and most unhealthy nation on earth....f­orever.