Pesticide Information

Asked about their views on the revision of current legislation governing pesticides in Europe, the scientists who signed the Declaration of Ljubljana last week, had the following to say:

Here are some more clips from interviews recorded at the scientific workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia, last week (see other blog entries below). Dr Ian Denholm, Rothamsted Research, UK, speaks about the need for radical steps to meet the growing demand for food in Europe, and Lise Nistrup from Aarhus Universitet, Denmark, outlines the effects of pesticides on crop yields.

While in Ljubljana at the Workshop on the Impact of the proposed Revision of Directive 91/414 on the sustainability of the European Resistance Management Tool Box (see Conclusions from workshop on impact of pesticides legislationentry below), I had the chance to speak to Dirk Müller-Thederan of the German daily Die Welt, who gave me his take on what he defines as industry’s failure to communicate the benefits of pesticides and the need for a reasoned debate on the issue.

The Financial Times published an article on Thursday 24 April entitled “EU warned over cut in number of pesticides”, in which Brussels correspondent Andy Bounds reported on the potential impact of proposed EU plans to restrict chemical use by farmers in Europe i.e. reducing harvests and preventing farmers from growing key crops in Europe which are most vulnerable to pests.