While the petition against the DUPLumb law exceeded on Monday the mark of two million signatures on the site of the National Assembly, the National Council of the Order of Physicians took a position against, affirming that “Alerts cannot be ignored”in a press release published Wednesday July 30.
The law must allow in particular the reintroduction under conditions of acetamipride, a toxic insecticide for biodiversity and potentially for human health, prohibited in France since 2018, but authorized elsewhere in Europe.
“Several organizations, including the Cancer League, have alerted to the serious health risks associated with this substance. (…) We deplore the persistent gap between available scientific knowledge and regulatory decisions. This discrepancy compromises the effective application of the constitutional precautionary principle ”writes the instance.
“Doubt is not reasonable”
“On the medical level, we affirm that doubt is not reasonable when it comes to substances likely to expose the population to major risks: neurodevelopmental disorders, pediatric cancers, chronic diseases. These alerts cannot be ignored ”she continues.
In a forum published Tuesday in The worldlearned societies and patient associations have called on the Constitutional Council to reject the highly contested text. The latter must return “A priori” His decision on August 7.
For the order of doctors, “Agricultural competitiveness and distortions of competition within the European Union must not serve as arguments to release our vigilance in the protection of biodiversity and human health”who adds that “The real difficulties of the agricultural world must find compatible answers with these fundamental requirements”.
The instance thus undertakes to launch a ” reflection “ on “The links between health and environment”which will associate “Doctors in the field, scientific experts, farmers, political elected officials and representatives of health users”, in order to “Make environmental health a pillar of public health policy”.