GLYPHOSATE TO BE BANNED COMPLETELY IN GERMANY AS OF 2023...

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Germany will begin phasing out the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate from next year and completely ban it from 2023 as part of measures rolled out by the country’s environment ministry on Wednesday to protect insects.

In July, neighboring Austria was the first EU member state to ban the use of the chemical, despite current European legislation that licenses the use of glyphosate in the 28-country bloc until the end of 2022.

“The federal government will significantly reduce the use of glyphosate-containing plant protection products by a systematic reduction strategy from 2020, at least 75%,” Germany's environment ministry said in a statement.
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It added that the widespread use of the chemical “eliminates plants that many insect species rely on as food sources.”

The action plan includes a wide range of measures such as an additional €100 million to spent on insect protection as well as new binding specifications for fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.

Germany consumes around 5,000 mt of glyphosate a year, behind the EU’s number one consumer France, which uses 7,000 mt.

The move piles additional pressure on Germany's Bayer, which bought glyphosate maker Monsanto last year for $63 billion and has been embroiled in multiple US lawsuits that claim the chemical causes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer. The company denies the claims.

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