Brazilian Senators hear opposition to agchem bill

摘要

The Brazilian Senate’s human rights commission (CDH) heard presentations late last month against a proposed bill that would replace current rules on research, registration, use, import and export of agrochemicals. The public hearing took place at the request of the president of the CDH, Senator Humberto Costa. Civil society groups and researchers headed by the Brazilian association of collective health (Abrasco), the Brazilian association of agroecology (ABA-Agroecology) and the permanent campaign against pesticides, and For Life, presented a dossier on the impact of pesticides on human health. Meanwhile, media report that MPs are seeking to accelerate the passage of the bill.