{"id":27316,"date":"2022-06-24T17:17:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?p=27316"},"modified":"2022-06-24T17:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:17:39","slug":"eu-announces-plan-to-cut-pesticide-use-in-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/de\/eu-announces-plan-to-cut-pesticide-use-in-half\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Announces Plan to Cut Pesticide Use in Half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Paige Bennet &#8211; EcoWatch, 23 June 2022 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/europe-pesticides-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-content-ads-inserted=\"true\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Commission has proposed a new law that would cut pesticide use in half by 2030 and completely ban the use of these chemicals near schools, playgrounds and hospitals. The proposal is part of a larger set of goals to reverse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/understanding-biodiversity-2653049258.html\">biodiversity<\/a> loss and restore 20% of land and seas by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legislation provides \u20ac100 billion ($105 billion) for biodiversity-focused projects to ward off what European Commission Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans calls a \u201clooming ecocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Pesticide Action Network of Europe, nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pan-europe.info\/issues\/pesticide-use-europe\">350,000 metric tons of pesticides<\/a> were sold in Europe in 2019, primarily for agriculture. A 2017 report from the European Commission noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=CELEX:52017DC0109&amp;from=EN\">pesticides cause pollution<\/a> that directly impacts biodiversity and ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe need to reduce the use of chemical pesticides to protect our soil, air and food, and ultimately the health of our citizens,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/jun\/22\/eu-legislation-restoration-ecosystems-biodiversity-aoe\">said Stella Kyriakides<\/a>, commissioner for health and food safety, as reported by The Guardian. \u201cThis is not about banning pesticides. This is about making them a last resort measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/europe-pesticides-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ FULL ARTICLE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><small>Thumbnail image: Vice President Frans Timmermans, EU Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides and EU Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius hold a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 22, 2022. JOHN THYS \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Paige Bennet &#8211; EcoWatch, 23 June 2022 | Source The European Commission has proposed a new law that would cut pesticide use in half by 2030 and completely ban the use of these chemicals near schools, playgrounds and hospitals. 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