A Voice for Choice Advocacy
992 subscribers
629 photos
2 videos
1 file
11.9K links
A Voice for Choice Advocacy advocates for people’s rights to be fully informed about the composition, quality, and short- and long-term health effects of all products that go into people’s bodies, such as food, water, air, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
Download Telegram
"The European Commission’s upcoming proposal due on June 7 plans to exclude plants created using new GM techniques, including CRISPR-Cas9, from the current legal framework for GMOs. A deregulation of new GMOs could exempt them completely or partly from safety checks and traceability and labelling requirements. It would also prevent the entire supply chain and consumers from opting for GM-free choices."

#GMOs #EU #BigAg

https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20189-how-big-agribusiness-ghostwrote-the-eu-commission-s-proposal-on-new-gmos
"A recent study has found that pesticide companies withheld toxicological studies from EU regulatory authorities for some pesticides, despite clear legal requirements to submit all relevant information to the European regulators when applying for the approval or renewal of authorisations.

Parliament’s Committees on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is hosting a public hearing with the authors of the study, industry representatives, and officials from other EU institutions about the potential shortcomings in the EU’s authorisation procedure. MEPs are expected to explore ideas on how to improve this process."

#Pesticides #EU #Agriculture

https://www.eureporter.co/environment/pesticides-environment/2023/07/28/pesticides-public-hearing-with-pesticide-firms-on-toxicity-studies-2/
"The European Commission considered the evidence inconclusive and, therefore, no reason for a ban. Though, it said that the use of agricultural poison will be further restricted.
For example, farmers can no longer use it to dry crops before harvesting, and users must take measures to prevent other plants and animals from being unintentionally affected."

#Glyphosate #EU

https://nltimes.nl/2023/11/16/european-commission-allows-use-controversial-pesticide-glyphosate-10-years