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Copa and Cogeca Secretary-General Pekka Pesonen insists that
assessments by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) gave the green light for the
weedkiller’s re-authorisation.
“There should be no question but to re-authorise its use for the full
15 years. Important decisions like this should not be based on emotion
or politics. If it’s not renewed for the full term, all credibility in
the EU institutions and decision-makers will be lost,” Pesonen warned.
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Food safety agencies in 28 member states agree with EFSA and ECHA
assessments, EU sources claim. Based on these assessments, the
Commission is pushing for the re-authorisation of glyphosate and, in an
effort to reach the largest possible majority, it proposed a five year
re-approval.
But critics point to the International Agency for Research on
Cancer’s (IARC) classification of glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic”,
with France among the countries that oppose the re-authorisation of the
weedkiller.
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