Jun 14, 2015 | Featured, Reports
French Environment and Energy Minister Segolene Royal said on Sunday she would ask garden shops to stop selling Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller as part of a wider fight against pesticides seen as potentially harmful to humans. Source: Reuters “France must be... 
Jun 2, 2015 | Featured, Reports
Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena announced Friday that the import of the World’s most used herbicide glyphosate will be banned with immediate effect. The release of already imported stocks has also been stopped. Source: Sustainable Pulse... 
May 17, 2015 | Featured, Reports
The International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE) has written to officials of the EU Parliament and Commission asking for an immediate ban on glyphosate herbicides and four insecticides judged by the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency, IARC, to be... 
May 12, 2015 | Featured, Reports
The importation of Roundup weed spray has been suspended following the results of a recent study, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden announced today. Source: http://www.todayinbermuda.com Full statement: The Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment is committed to... 
May 12, 2015 | Featured, Reports
The 350 ‘toom Baumarkt DIY’ stores belonging to the REWE Group will carry no glyphosate-containing products later than September 30, 2015. From Monday such products cannot be re-ordered for the stores. Source: http://sustainablepulse.com By the end of 2013 toom... 
May 12, 2015 | Featured, Reports
Germany’s state consumer protection ministers are calling for an EU-wide ban on the leading global pesticide Glyphosate, after it was categorised as carcinogenic by the WHO. However, the federal government sees no need for action. EurActiv Germany reports....