France scraps licenses for 1,500 pesticides

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France scraps licenses for 1,500 pesticides

PARIS (Reuters) - France will ban the sale of more than 1,500 pesticides from

February 1 as part of a larger plan to cut by 50 percent the use of

phytosanitary products in the next 10 years, the farm ministry said.

 

" Michel Barnier, minister for agriculture and fisheries, has announced the

cancellation, before February 1, of marketing licenses for products containing

30 substances considered as the most worrying, " it said in a statement released

late on Tuesday.