Waitz: Green celebrate huge success with glyphosate

Monsanto and Co have to put studies on the risk of cancer frankly, the Minister Wants to finally act

Brussels/Vienna (OTS) – „We, the greens in the European Parliament have today reached a huge success in the fight for health for people, the environment and biodiversity. Finally, for the Public to understand how the chemical giant letter, the approval of toxic substances. The assessment of plant toxins need to in the future, take scientists with publicly available studies,“ explains Thomas Waitz, beekeeper, organic Farmer and member of the European Parliament of the Greens.

The European court of justice has today ruled Thursday that the European food safety authority EFSA studies on the cancer risk from glyphosate. In its reasoning, the court referred to the public interest, outweighs the trade secret information of Monsanto and co. In the case of the greens/EFA against EFSA, Monsanto and Cheminova members of the Greens/EFA group complained to the issuance of documents on the admission of pesticides. The European food safety authority had previously stated that they had classified glyphosate on the basis of unpublished studies by Monsanto as a non-carcinogen.

Thomas Waitz, who fought in the PLAGUE-Committee of the European Parliament for greater transparency and control:

„The verdict is a milestone and a victory for all who strive for more transparency in the case of glyphosate and other plant toxins. We greens have put before the court the claims of the PLAGUE Committee. The judge put the secrecy as a business model. In the future, the consequences for the environment and health will be used as the benchmark for the authorisation of plant poisons, and not the profit interests of big agro-chemical corporations. Minister Köstinger must now at last produce the long-promised exit plan for glyphosate.“

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