Time is running out for chlorpyrifos, the pesticide designed to kill
insects, and a cause of brain damage to human fetuses and newly-born
children.
The EU Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have both publicly stated the present approval should not be renewed.
Yet a final decision scheduled for December cannot be taken for granted.
In August EFSA experts declared that no detectable residues of chlorpyrifos in food can be accepted.
Sometime in September the commission informed EU member states it will propose a total ban on chlorpyrifos and related substance chlorpyrifos-methyl at the end of the year.
Read more: EU proposes pesticide ban, but key documents still secret
The EU Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have both publicly stated the present approval should not be renewed.
Yet a final decision scheduled for December cannot be taken for granted.
In August EFSA experts declared that no detectable residues of chlorpyrifos in food can be accepted.
Sometime in September the commission informed EU member states it will propose a total ban on chlorpyrifos and related substance chlorpyrifos-methyl at the end of the year.
Read more: EU proposes pesticide ban, but key documents still secret
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