Maize farmers on glyphosate and neonicotinoids: ‘we need to protect science’
October 3, 2017
Editor’s Note: To better understand the EU’s neonicotinoid policy, read about beegate.
From: Euractiv
By Paola Tamma
As EU member states prepare to vote on two key dossiers, maize farmers claim that EU regulation restricting access to plant protection products and plant genetics has reduced their competitiveness worldwide and that such regulation is not based on science.
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Alina Cretu, a representative for maize producers in Romania, also spoke in support of neonicotinoid seed treatment (coating the seed as a preventive measure against pests).
“Without seed treatment, we would be even more polluting than we are now because we would spray three times as much pesticide on the plants. Our impact on the environment would grow.”
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