St. Vincent and the Grenadines: On the advice of its Pesticide Council, the Caribbean country immediately suspended imports of glyphosate-based herbicides. Several bills have been submitted to the Vermont state legislature to restrict or ban glyphosate. Roundup is still being sold because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not classified the active chemical glyphosate as harmful to humans. Barbados: The government has announced that people need a license to buy glyphosate. The new rule was developed to control the use of pesticides considered harmful to human health. EPA scientists conducted an independent evaluation of the available data on glyphosate and found: Rep. Mari Cordes introduced H.301, which would ban the sale, use, or application of the herbicide glyphosate. In 2021, Bayer announced plans to replace glyphosate in all lawn and garden products sold in the U.S. by 2023.
The company said the removal of glyphosate from these products is “solely to address the risk of litigation and not for safety reasons” and indicated it had no plans to remove glyphosate from professional and agricultural products from the U.S. market. According to a Reuters report, German farmers must gradually reduce their use of glyphosate and phase it out completely by 2024. The bill was passed by the country`s cabinet on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Costa Rica: In December 2019, the country`s National System of Protected Areas issued a guideline banning the use of glyphosate in Costa Rica`s 11 nature reserves. The restriction on glyphosate also applies to institutions of the National System of Protected Areas. Concerns about industry involvement in the EU`s glyphosate renewal process were further heightened after the publication of internal industry documents and emails known as the “Monsanto papers”. The documents were obtained as part of U.S. legal disputes against agricultural giant Monsanto. They revealed that the company had written ghostly scientific literature to claim glyphosate`s safety, conducted campaigns to discredit academic scientists, and hid concerns linking glyphosate to cancer.
Scientists, regulators and the popular press have all focused overwhelmingly on the link between glyphosate and cancer. “But from my perspective, I`m more interested in non-cancer outcomes. Because health is not just cancer,” Chen says. This year`s Chen pilot study in pregnant women, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, linked higher urinary glyphosate concentrations to shorter pregnancies. All of the pregnant people in the study gave birth to full-term babies — in other words, the pregnancy lasted 37 weeks or more — but shorter pregnancies, especially those younger than 37 weeks, are associated with complications in newborns, ranging from breathing problems to gastrointestinal problems. Babies born to people who had more glyphosate in their urine also had a greater distance between their anus and genitals, which is associated with higher levels of male sex hormones. This discovery suggested to Chen that glyphosate could disrupt the endocrine system — alarming, but inconclusive. Bayer reiterates that no regulator has ever found evidence that glyphosate acts as an endocrine disruptor. For example, Montana`s economy relies heavily on agriculture. State law prohibits individual municipalities from imposing local prohibitions. In June 2019, a group called Environment Montana called on the state`s governor to ban bee-killing pesticides, including glyphosate. The group hopes the state will relax its laws and allow cities to enact their own pesticide laws.
So far, however, there is no national legislation to reduce or restrict the use of glyphosate. Saudi Arabia: Enact a ban on glyphosate with five other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Scientists have found glyphosate everywhere, from tree roots to honey hives. In a study of 94 pregnant women who were not directly exposed to herbicides at work, Chen and a team of international scientists found traces of glyphosate in the urine of 95 percent of participants. “You can even detect it in surface water and rain,” Chen says, “glyphosate is pretty much everywhere.” Glyphosate is the most commonly used pesticide for agricultural crops in the United States, according to a 2019 analysis by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. The Midwest, California and Texas account for about three-quarters of agricultural glyphosate use in the United States, with the Midwest alone accounting for two-thirds of total consumption. Together with our members, HEAL will continue to advocate for the benefits of banning glyphosate and other harmful pesticides for public health in Europe. We will continue to stand with affected farmers, workers, their families and residents who are experiencing health issues due to exposure to glyphosate.
Home to two Texas universities, Denton is located about 30 minutes north of Dallas. The city has ended the use of glyphosate-based herbicides and is piloting an integrated pest management program that promotes biological methods for city-owned parks. Scotland: Aberdeen has reduced the use of herbicides and Edinburgh City Council has voted to phase out glyphosate. In November 2017, five of Scotland`s six MEPs voted in favour of a motion to phase out glyphosate by 2022. In 2019, University of California President Janet Napolitano announced that glyphosate would be temporarily banned on all 10 UC campuses, citing “concerns about potential dangers to human health and the environment, as well as potential legal and reputational risks associated with this class of herbicides.” The data is not only incomplete. Glenna, who studies the role of science and technology in agricultural policy, thinks much of this is unreliable. Much of the epidemiological data we have comes directly from scientists employed by companies that manufacture herbicides – a potential conflict of interest. In this EPA report on glyphosate, 39% of the studies reviewed were produced by industry-funded scientists, according to an analysis published in Environmental Sciences Europe. The EPA has required that a significant amount of data be collected and submitted for pesticide registration and registration review, including studies on product chemistry, product performance, human and domestic animal hazards, non-target plant and wildlife hazards, post-application exposure, applicator exposure, pesticide spray drift, environmental behaviour and residue chemistry. Studies submitted by pesticide manufacturers had to follow strict guidelines.
The EPA has also reviewed numerous studies on glyphosate published in the open literature. The EPA has determined that removing the ID of glyphosate is appropriate given the ninth circuit decision dated June 17, 2022. The agency is not in a position to include a new ecological part in a review decision on the registration of glyphosate by 1. October 2022, as time is needed to resolve issues for which EPA has requested interim detention of the ecological part and meets ESA requirements. EPA launched a formal ESA consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (the Services) on glyphosate in November 2021, and consultation continues. In addition, before issuing a decision, the EPO must first prepare a proposal for a decision, publish it during a 60-day public comment period and take into account the comments received. The EPO cannot conclude these proceedings within the time limit set by the court. Indian River County, Florida – Glyphosate is discontinued in city parks and a public golf course. In March 2021, Maine lawmakers proposed a ban on glyphosate spraying in the state`s forests. Democratic Senate President Troy Jackson introduced the bill, noting that “aerial herbicides in Maine`s forests benefit large landowners at the expense and well-being of people living and working in the area.” A few months later, Governor Janet Mills vetoed the bill. Some weeds are legal throughout Colorado, but glyphosate-based weedkillers are not.
In Colorado, Roundup is banned in the following cities: Belgium: ban on the individual use of glyphosate. In 2017, Belgium voted against reauthorising glyphosate in the EU. The country was also one of six EU member states to sign a letter to the European Commission calling for “a phase-out plan for glyphosate.” The city of Brussels has banned the use of glyphosate on its territory as part of its “zero pesticide” policy. Colombia: In 2015, Colombia banned the use of glyphosate to destroy illegal coca plantations, the raw material for cocaine, fearing that glyphosate could cause cancer.
