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EU-wide pesticide loss assessment crucial
by
Magda Ibrahim
Horticulture Week
19 December 2008
A Europe-wide impact assessment on the potential effects of the proposed EU pesticides legislation is "absolutely crucial" before the rules become law, warn industry figures.
Their comments come as the Pesticides Safety Directorate's (PSD's) updated agronomic assessment into the latest proposals confirms that while the overall number of chemicals under threat is now reduced, the implications of product losses for horticulture remain serious. Prime minister Gordon Brown slammed the approach taken to formulating the new rules in a letter to...
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