Germany planning 'massive restrictions' on glyphosate herbicide use in agriculture
Story Date: 4/20/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 4/19/18

German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner on [April 17] said she was finalizing a draft regulation to end use of the weed-killer glyphosate in household gardens, parks and sports facilities, and to set “massive” limits for its use in agriculture. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in February to systematically and significantly limit its use, with the goal of entirely ending use of products that contain it, but set no timeframe. 

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