After much toing and froing today the European Parliament has voted to re approve glyphosphate that may, or may not, have all sorts of unpleasant side effects on humans and animals and can be bought in easy to dispense containers of Roundup from your local DIY store.
To me European politics is as clear as mud but it appears this 'decision' is non binding [voting was 374 to 225 with 102 abstentions] and will be put to the European member states on the 18 May.
All I can find is rather triumphant comments from people like the NFU, however the 'decision' is that it should be re approved for only seven years rather than the usual 15 years.
According to Farmers Weekly 'and the non-binding resolution says glyphosphate should be for professional uses only, and not used in parks and public playgrounds' and according to The Undisputed Truth Daily [Daily Mail] 'should not be used by the general public.'
A couple of things about this:-
I wonder how farm workers feel about using bulk quantities of Roundup that is apparently too dangerous for the general public or to be used in public places, and
I wonder if Roundup is going to be removed from places like Tesco, B&Q or Homebase.
No comments:
Post a Comment