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2009-06-03 | permalink
Argentina pressed to ban Monsanto’s glyphosate
Argentina’s government is coming under pressure to ban the chemical used in the world’s best-selling herbicide, which has helped turn the country into an important world food exporter in the past decade, after new research found that it might be harmful to human health. A group of environmental lawyers has petitioned the Supreme Court to impose a six-month ban on the sale and use of glyphosate, which is the basis for many herbicides, including the US agribusiness giant Monsanto’s Roundup product. A ban, if approved, would mean ”we couldn’t do agriculture in Argentina”, said Guillermo Cal, executive director of CASAFE, Argentina’s association of fertiliser companies.
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2009-06-03 | permalink
Argentina pressed to ban Monsanto’s glyphosate
Argentina’s government is coming under pressure to ban the chemical used in the world’s best-selling herbicide, which has helped turn the country into an important world food exporter in the past decade, after new research found that it might be harmful to human health. A group of environmental lawyers has petitioned the Supreme Court to impose a six-month ban on the sale and use of glyphosate, which is the basis for many herbicides, including the US agribusiness giant Monsanto’s Roundup product. A ban, if approved, would mean ”we couldn’t do agriculture in Argentina”, said Guillermo Cal, executive director of CASAFE, Argentina’s association of fertiliser companies.
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