Noose tightens on more pesticides

Almost 80 spray ingredients are under threat from tighter Brussels rules on pesticides.

Andy Doyle

5 July 2017

Strict new rules on pesticides from Brussels could see almost 80 active ingredients taken off the market in Ireland and across Europe. A vote this week to establish the definition of potentially-harmful endocrine disruptors effectively seals the fate of many current EU pesticides.

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