The use of agricultural toxins in Europe will remain unabated: EU pesticide reduction bill rejected
A majority of the European Parliament blocked the approval of a European pesticide reduction law. The bill had been watered down considerably during the lengthy process leading up to the vote. The section in which pesticide use would be reduced by at least 50% by 2030 was scrapped, as was the section demanding a reduction of at least 65% in the use of hazardous agricultural toxins by the same date...