Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by vanilla-almond 1436 days ago
Related:

Status of glyphosate in the EU:

> "Glyphosate is currently approved in the EU until 15 December 2022."

https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/approval-active-...

The ECHA's (European Chemical Agency) assessment:

> "...the existing classifications for glyphosate as a substance that causes serious eye damage and is toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects should be retained.

> The committee found that the available scientific evidence did not meet the criteria to classify glyphosate for specific target organ toxicity, or as a carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substance. "

https://www.echa.europa.eu/-/glyphosate-no-change-proposed-t...