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EU to ban two ‘brain-damaging’ pesticides

Representatives from member states in the EU Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted to ban the controversial pesticides chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl from the EU market on Friday (6 December).

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Natasha Foote Euractiv 09-12-2019 15:33 3 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project
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