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Glyphosate: an emblematic failure of the EU pesticides regime

April 12, 2018
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Dear Member of the European Parliament’s PEST Committee, 

The glyphosate controversy and the eventual decision to re-approve the chemical for another five years has exposed some fundamental failures of the EU’s pesticide approval system. It revealed the staggering influence of chemical companies on EU scientific assessments and a complete disregard for the concerns of independent scientists, the European Parliament and the general public.

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