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 "The European Commission has proposed renewing its approval for
glyphosate for another 10 years. This is far too long, given the
concerns that remain over this product, and France will vote against
the proposal, as clearly laid out previously in July," Prime
Minister Edouard Philippe said in a statement.
Concerns over glyphosate's risk to human health have prompted
investigations by U.S. congressional committees and delayed a
relicensing decision in the EU.
The European Commission, the EU executive, has proposed extending
approval for glyphosate by 10 years after the European Chemical
Agency (ECHA) said in a study in March it should not be classified
as a cancer-causing substance.
In previous votes, France and Germany have abstained, leading the
European Commission to extend the license by 18 months at the end of
June 2016 to give the ECHA time to study the chemical further.
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French farmers have decried the decision and said it would mean the
end of the use of glyphosate.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Leigh Thomas)
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