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Germany to ban glyphosate herbicide by end of 2023<\/h3>\n
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Germany will begin phasing out the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate from next year and completely ban it from 2023 as part of measures\u00a0rolled out by the country\u2019s environment ministry on Wednesday to protect insects.<\/p>\n

In July, neighbouring Austria was the first EU member state to ban the use of the chemical, despite current European legislation that licenses the use of glyphosate in the 28-country bloc until the end of 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe federal government will significantly reduce the use of glyphosate-containing plant protection products by a systematic reduction strategy from 2020 \u2026 and will completely end the use of glyphosate-containing plant protection products by 2023,\u201d Germany’s environment ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It added that the widespread use of the chemical \u201celiminates plants that many insect species rely on as food sources\u201d.<\/p>\n

The action plan includes a wide range of measures such as an additional \u20ac100 million to spent on insect protection as well as new binding specifications for fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides.<\/p>\n

Germany consumes around 5,000 mt of glyphosate a year, behind the EU\u2019s number one consumer France, which uses 7,000 mt.<\/p>\n

The move piles additional pressure on Germany’s Bayer, which bought glyphosate maker Monsanto last year for $63 billion and has been embroiled in multiple US lawsuits that claim the chemical causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer. The company denies the claims.<\/p>\n

The German pharmaceutical and chemicals conglomerate said in response to Wednesday\u2019s announcement that \u201csuch a ban would ignore the overwhelming scientific assessments of competent authorities around the world that have determined for more than 40 years that glyphosate can be used safely\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bayer is appealing against three judgments in the US that awarded damages totalling tens of millions of dollars, and faces another 18,400 cases in the US.<\/p>\n

The renewal process for the EU license will start at the end of 2019, well before the 2022 expiry, with the review process led by the Netherlands, France, Hungary, and Sweden.<\/p>\n

Germany was strongly criticised by some EU member states after it played a crucial role in extending a five-year licence for the herbicide in November 2017.<\/p>\n

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