Author Archives: Oskar Hammer Sylvestersen
The fight over the facts: Inside the EU’s glyphosate debate
As the approval process for Europe’s most widely-used pesticide drags on, politicians are split on the basic facts around the chemical. While some call glyphosate low-risk and essential, others are calling for an outright ban, citing health and environmental risks. By Jack Wilson and Oskar Hammer Sylvestersen The debate around glyphosate is raging in Brussels. …
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EU Parliament environmental committee narrowly votes down resolution to ban glyphosate.
A proposed resolution calling for the complete ban of the widely used pesticide glyphosate was Tuesday, the 24th of October, voted down in the European Parliament’s environmental committee. 40 members of the committee voted against the proposal, 38 for and six abstained. Bas Eickhout, Green/EFA (Left), at The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and …