SCIENTISTS WARN EU PESTICIDE BAN WILL HIT FOOD SUPPLY
Plans to ban harmful chemicals from pesticides could have a devastating effect on food production within the European Union, scientists have warned.
A group of leading UK agricultural researchers said the new laws would see a cut in the range of crop chemicals sold in EU markets and urged the UK to oppose the proposals.
EU agriculture ministers last week agreed changes to the pesticide authorisation system that would effectively ban the use of carcinogenic chemicals and substances that damage human hormones or the reproductive system.
The laws would reduce the range of products that could be sold in EU markets.
In an open letter to Hilary Benn, the food and environment minister, seven UK scientists on the 2 July argued that the proposals would make it more difficult to control disease and sharply reduce yields.
The warning comes at a time when world population is growing faster than agricultural production and food commodity prices are at an all time high.
"Pesticides are potentially hazardous" title="a.危险的">hazardous and have to be regulated but current legislation is the gold standard on the world stage," said Dr Ian Denholm, head of plant and invertebrate ecology at the Rothamsted Research, the UK's largest agricultural research centre.
"A diversity of pesticides is important in minimising the likelihood of resistance."
A legislation impact assessment by environmental consultancy ADAS found that the loss of certain pesticides and insecticides could reduce yields of key crops such as potatoes and wheat by as much as 25 per cent.
The report was funded by the European Crop Protection Association.
The draft EU legislation changes the way safety is assessed from a risk-based methodology to one based on hazard. Products considered safe now could be banned.
"Just because a product has intrinsically hazardous" title="a.危险的">hazardous properties does not mean it is dangerous," said Hugh Oliver-Bellasis, chairman of the British Crop Protection Council and the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
欧盟禁用有害农药遭科学家反对
科学家警告说，禁止在农药中使用有害化学品的计划可能对欧盟的粮食生产造成破坏性影响。
一群英国顶尖的农业研究人员表示，新法律的实施将减少在欧盟市场上销售的农作物化学品的种类。他们敦促英国反对此项提案。
欧盟各国农业部长上周同意调整农药审批体系，这些调整实际上将禁止使用致癌化学品和危害人体激素或生殖系统的物质。
7月2日，7位英国科学家写在给英国食品和环境事务大臣希拉里•本(Hilary Benn)的公开信中提出，这些提议会加大控制病虫害的难度，大幅降低农业收成。
科学家发出警告之时，世界人口正在以比农业生产更快的速度增长，粮食价格也处于历史高位。
英国最大农业研究中心洛桑研究所(Rothamsted Research)植物和无脊椎动物生态学主管伊恩•德诺姆(Ian Denholm)表示："由于农药具有潜在危害性，因而必须受到管制，但当前的立法是世界范围内的黄金标准。
"农药多样性对于最大可能地降低抗药性非常重要。"
英国农业发展与咨询服务处(ADAS)进行的一份立法影响评估发现，禁用某些农药和杀虫剂可能导致土豆和小麦等关键作物减产25%。
欧洲作物保护协会(European Crop Protection Association)是这份评估报告的资助方。
欧盟立法草案修改了评估农药安全的方法，从基于风险改为基于危害性进行评估。原来被认为是安全的农药现在可能遭到禁用。
英国作物保护委员会(British Crop Protection Council)及英格兰皇家农业学会(Royal Agricultural Society of England)主席休•奥利弗-贝拉西斯(Hugh Oliver-Bellasis)说："某些农药本身带有危害性，并不意味着它就是危险的。"
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Plans to ban harmful chemicals from pesticides could have a devastating effect on food production within the European Union, scientists have warned.
A group of leading UK agricultural researchers said the new laws would see a cut in the range of crop chemicals sold in EU markets and urged the UK to oppose the proposals.
EU agriculture ministers last week agreed changes to the pesticide authorisation system that would effectively ban the use of carcinogenic chemicals and substances that damage human hormones or the reproductive system.
The laws would reduce the range of products that could be sold in EU markets.
In an open letter to Hilary Benn, the food and environment minister, seven UK scientists on the 2 July argued that the proposals would make it more difficult to control disease and sharply reduce yields.
The warning comes at a time when world population is growing faster than agricultural production and food commodity prices are at an all time high.
"Pesticides are potentially hazardous" title="a.危险的">hazardous and have to be regulated but current legislation is the gold standard on the world stage," said Dr Ian Denholm, head of plant and invertebrate ecology at the Rothamsted Research, the UK's largest agricultural research centre.
"A diversity of pesticides is important in minimising the likelihood of resistance."
A legislation impact assessment by environmental consultancy ADAS found that the loss of certain pesticides and insecticides could reduce yields of key crops such as potatoes and wheat by as much as 25 per cent.
The report was funded by the European Crop Protection Association.
The draft EU legislation changes the way safety is assessed from a risk-based methodology to one based on hazard. Products considered safe now could be banned.
"Just because a product has intrinsically hazardous" title="a.危险的">hazardous properties does not mean it is dangerous," said Hugh Oliver-Bellasis, chairman of the British Crop Protection Council and the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
欧盟禁用有害农药遭科学家反对
科学家警告说，禁止在农药中使用有害化学品的计划可能对欧盟的粮食生产造成破坏性影响。
一群英国顶尖的农业研究人员表示，新法律的实施将减少在欧盟市场上销售的农作物化学品的种类。他们敦促英国反对此项提案。
欧盟各国农业部长上周同意调整农药审批体系，这些调整实际上将禁止使用致癌化学品和危害人体激素或生殖系统的物质。
7月2日，7位英国科学家写在给英国食品和环境事务大臣希拉里•本(Hilary Benn)的公开信中提出，这些提议会加大控制病虫害的难度，大幅降低农业收成。
科学家发出警告之时，世界人口正在以比农业生产更快的速度增长，粮食价格也处于历史高位。
英国最大农业研究中心洛桑研究所(Rothamsted Research)植物和无脊椎动物生态学主管伊恩•德诺姆(Ian Denholm)表示："由于农药具有潜在危害性，因而必须受到管制，但当前的立法是世界范围内的黄金标准。
"农药多样性对于最大可能地降低抗药性非常重要。"
英国农业发展与咨询服务处(ADAS)进行的一份立法影响评估发现，禁用某些农药和杀虫剂可能导致土豆和小麦等关键作物减产25%。
欧洲作物保护协会(European Crop Protection Association)是这份评估报告的资助方。
欧盟立法草案修改了评估农药安全的方法，从基于风险改为基于危害性进行评估。原来被认为是安全的农药现在可能遭到禁用。
英国作物保护委员会(British Crop Protection Council)及英格兰皇家农业学会(Royal Agricultural Society of England)主席休•奥利弗-贝拉西斯(Hugh Oliver-Bellasis)说："某些农药本身带有危害性，并不意味着它就是危险的。"
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- effectively [i´fektivli]
ad.有效地 六级词汇 - warning [´wɔ:niŋ] n.警告；前兆 a.预告的 四级词汇
- hazardous [´hæzədəs] a.危险的 六级词汇
- diversity [dai´və:siti] n.差异；多样性 六级词汇
- likelihood [´laiklihud] n.可能，相似性 六级词汇
- impact [´impækt] n.影响，作用；冲击 六级词汇
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