Pesticides: Scientific community warns of rollback in European regulations
The European Commission is proposing regulatory relaxations as part of the Omnibus X package, presented as a simplification to improve economic competitiveness.
Part of the scientific community has expressed its concern about what it describes as a setback in the European regulation on pesticides, according to Le Monde.
This alert comes as the European Commission, engaged in a process of simplifying its regulations aimed at improving the competitiveness of the economy, is proposing many relaxations as part of the Omnibus X legislative package.
Scientists quoted by Le Monde believe that these relaxations could weaken existing protections for the use of pesticides, although the precise details of the measures concerned have not been fully specified in the available elements.
The European Commission has not been reported to have responded directly to the criticisms of the scientific community in the evidence available at this stage.
Sources
- Pesticides : la communauté scientifique alerte sur un « dangereux recul » dans les lois européennes — Le Monde — Une
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