MPI Wants to Increase Amount of Glyphosate Weedkiller Allowed on some Crops

Goal should be to eliminate glyphosate from farmlands - The Leavenworth Times

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MPI wants to increase amount of glyphosate weedkiller allowed on some crops

The agrichemical is the active ingredient in weedkillers like Roundup.

Bayer is considering all options to stop the glyphosate wave by the end of 2026, including getting rid of the unloved U.S. subsidiary along with lawsuits about a bankruptcy trick. This has opportunities and risks, as another case shows.

Bayer wants to contain the flood of lawsuits in the US. If this does not succeed, the Group is considering sending the US subsidiary Monsanto into insolvency and stopping the sale of glyphosate. That would be radical – but right.

Proposed increase to glyphosate limits - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre

NZ Food Safety has proposed changing the residue limits allowed in food for several agricultural compounds. The proposed amendments change or set maximum residue levels in food sold in NZ for 14 substances, including glyphosate (used in Roundup herbicide). Glyphosate limits would increase for certain cereal and pea crops, to “support existing use” as a preharvest herbicide or dessicant. Submissions on the proposal closed on Friday, and the propo…

MPI wants to increase amount of glyphosate allowed on some crops

Reading Time: 6 minutes By Keiller Duff of RNZ The government is proposing increasing the amount of a controversial, likely cancer-causing herbicide allowed on food by 100-fold. That is despite environmental group Greenpeace saying current testing is already lacking. The Ministry for Primary Industries is proposing increasing the Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) – the maximum legal level for residues of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines…