on May 23, 2015 in World News
EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal
by Arthur Nelsen EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal US trade officials pushed EU to shelve action on endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility to facilitate TTIP free trade deal EU moves to regulate hormone-damaging chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility were shelved following pressure from US trade officials over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade deal, newly released documents show. Draft EU criteria could have banned 31 pesticides containing endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). But these were dumped amid fears of a trade backlash stoked by an aggressive… View Article
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