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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGermany moving ahead with plans to restrict weed-killer glyphosate
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner on Tuesday said she was finalizing a draft regulation to end use of the weed-killer glyphosate in household gardens, parks and sports facilities, and to set massive limits for its use in agriculture.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-glyphosate/germany-moving-ahead-with-plans-to-restrict-weed-killer-glyphosate-idUSKBN1HO2IM
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Germany moving ahead with plans to restrict weed-killer glyphosate (Original Post)
womanofthehills
Apr 2018
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sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)1. Good. German children will have their brains spared.
DFW
(54,378 posts)3. Including my first grandchild
Due any day starting now! Good time for this.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)2. DU's "Eat Roundup for Breakfast!" crowd is not going to like that.
DFW
(54,378 posts)4. Tell me about it
The "Monsanto-can-do-no-wrong" squad will be out in force as soon as they get their scripts sent to them.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)5. Yep. But congratulations on the grandchild! May you bring each other many decades of joy!
airplaneman
(1,239 posts)6. And look at what is happening here
Glyphosate use is going exponential in this country - the latest craze is " glyphosate-induced pre-harvest crop desiccation". This is being done to most grain crops that end up in our children's cereals. I am glad to hear that Germany is doing something about it. Putin is also banning GMO in Russia along with glyphosate.
https://ensia.com/features/glyphosate-drying/
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