Monsanto’s Glyphosate Herbicide should be Banned, Brazil’s public prosecutor says | Global Research

Monsanto’s Glyphosate Herbicide should be Banned, Brazil’s public prosecutor says | Global Research

Brazil’s federal
public prosecutor has requested that the Justice Department immediately
suspend use of glyphosate, which is the most widely used herbicide in
the country and a primary element of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide brand.

Also, according to reports
in Brazilian media, the prosecutor is seeking a challenge to ban other
potentially harmful chemicals as well.

Two actions have been filed. “The first measure seeks to compel the
National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) to reevaluate the toxicity
of eight active ingredients suspected of causing damage to human health
and the environment. On another front, the agency questions the
registration of pesticides containing 2,4-D herbicide, applied to combat
broadleaf weeds,” explained the prosecutor, on his website.

The actions request a preliminary injunction, calling on the Ministry
of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply to suspend the registration of
products until a final determination is made about their toxicity by
ANVISA.

The prosecutor’s civil suit asks that the National Biosafety
Technical Commission be prohibited from releasing the commercialization
of transgenic seeds resistant to the herbicides pending a final decision
by ANVISA.