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On July 8, the French Parliament adopted a law which reintroduced a pesticide so far prohibited in France, acetamipride. However, The law does not please environmental activists. For example, and one of them files a petition on the site of the National Assembly. Similarly, The latter collected more than a million 700 thousand signatures. Similarly, A historical result.
“The DUPLOM law […] represents a frontal attack on public health. Nevertheless, biodiversity, coherence of climate policies, food security, and common sense “, explains the text that accompanies the petition.
If France prohibited it so far. acetamipride is however legal in many European countries, including Belgium where it is used mainly in the cereal and beet fields. But its impact on biodiversity and worried health.
“Acetamipride affects insects”explains Gaëtan Seny, agricultural policy manager at Natagora. “It is an insecticide, it is therefore quite logical. france: more than 1.7 million But it also attacks insects which are not targeted such as solitary bees, bumblebees. There are also effects on birds. And on health since they are molecules that attack the neurotoxic system. And they are apparently found in newborns.”
Despite the success of the petition, the law will not be reviewed or repealed. Because most deputies believe that this pesticide is essential for cultures. An opinion shared by this Belgian farmer.
“It’s exactly the same as in human health“Explains Etienne Ernoux. head of the commission” Cultures and plant productions “, at the Walloon Federaion of Farmers (FWA).”If we use too many antibiotics, drugs are no longer used for anything. In plant production, it is exactly the same: you have to diversify active materials to treat plants. “
The authorization granted by the European Union for Acetamipride will expire in 2033. It remains to be seen whether it will then be france: more than 1.7 million extended. or if all member countries will have to do without this pesticide.
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