“Agrochemistry and Its Political Allies Are Asphyxiating” ANSES “Responsible for Evaluating Pesticides”, Denounces a Report
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In a report, the NGO Pollinis denounces the "pressures" on Anses, "taken up between underfunding and political offensives aimed at making the scientific evaluation of pesticides subject to the interests of agrochemistry".
The Pollinis association, which fights against the extinction of pollinators, denounces "pressure" on the Health Security Agency, which is responsible for evaluating plant protection products before they are placed on the market.
The National Agency for Health Safety, Food and Environment (ANSES) receives more political and financial “pressure” than before when it must assess the danger of pesticides, according to a report by the Pollinis association published on Thursday.
The National Agency for Health Safety (Anses), responsible for marketing authorisations for pesticides, suffers numerous attacks, denounces a Pollinis report published on 24 September.
Pollinis deplores the decrease in the budget of the national health safety agency and the changes in its functioning which weaken the proper conduct of its mission to assess and authorise the placing on the market of pesticides.
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