Argentine lawmakers revive efforts to restrict glyphosate use

摘要

Legislators in the Argentine states of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe are reviving failed legislation aimed at severely restricting use of the herbicide glyphosate, but they face stiff opposition from growers heavily dependent on genetically engineered glyphosate-tolerant crops."There are many political pressures that come to play in this matter, and many players with an economic interest want to prevent the legislation from passing," Santa Fe state senator Juan Carlos Zabalza laments in a position paper supporting re-introduction of a bill aimed at restricting glyphosate use, which expired without a vote late last year.