US-EU trade pact could lower pesticide rules-Report

The Center for International Environmental Law says the proposed U.S.-EU trade agreement “would reduce protection compared to the more stringent pesticide standards already in place in the EU and in individual U.S. states,” says the Guardian. CIEL says the approach proposed by industry for the free-trade pact would allow the use of 82 pesticides now banned… » Read More

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