European Union cereal production risks being cut by stricter EU rules on hormone-damaging chemicals, the pesticides industry said June 14. An EU plan to outline more detailed criteria for determining whether pesticides contain so-called endocrine-disruptors could force key farm chemicals off the market, according to the European Crop Protection Association, which represents producers such as BASF SE, Bayer AG and Dow Chemical Co. The initiative is due June 15. Among the potential victims is a class of chemicals called triazoles, which are widely used to fight a wheat disease caused by the Septoria lycopersici fungus that can reduce crop yields by as much as 50 percent, said Jean-Charles Bocquet, director general of the Brussels-based industry association. Substitutes for triazoles don't have the same effectiveness, he added.
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机译：农药行业6月14日表示，欧盟将对谷物破坏激素采取更严格的规定，从而降低了欧盟谷物的生产风险。欧盟计划概述一项更详细的标准，以确定农药中是否含有所谓的内分泌干扰物，从而可以将主要的农药从市场上转移出去。根据代表作物生产商（例如BASF SE，Bayer AG和Dow Chemical Co.）的欧洲作物保护协会的说法，该计划将于6月15日到期。潜在的受害者是一类称为三唑的化学品，这些化学品被广泛用于战斗布鲁塞尔行业协会理事长让·查尔斯·博凯特说，这种小麦是由雪茄（Septoria lycopersici）真菌引起的一种小麦疾病，可使作物减产多达50％。他补充说，三唑类的替代品没有相同的效力。
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