Ohulumeni be-European Union bahlulekile ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ukunikeza umbono oqondile ngesiphakamiso sokunwetshwa ngeminyaka eyi-10 ukugunyazwa kwe-EU ukuze kusetshenzisweI-GLYPHOSATE, isithako esisebenzayo ku-Roundup weedkiller ye-Bayer AG.
“Iningi elifanelekayo” lamazwe angu-15 amele okungenani u-65% wabantu be-bloc kwakudingeka ukuthi lisekele noma livimbele isiphakamiso.
I-European Commission ithe esitatimendeni alikho iningi elifanelekayo evotini lekomiti lamalungu angama-27 e-EU.
Ohulumeni be-EU bazozama futhi engxenyeni yokuqala kaNovemba lapho okunye ukwehluleka ukuveza umbono ocacile kuzoshiya isinqumo neKhomishini yaseYurophu.
Isinqumo siyadingeka ngo-December 14 njengoba ukugunyazwa kwamanje kuphelelwa yisikhathi ngosuku olulandelayo.
Esikhathini esedlule ilayisensi ye-glyphosate itholakala ukuze iphinde ivunywe, i-EU iye yayengeza iminyaka emihlanu ngemuva kokuthi amazwe e-EU ehlulekile kabili ukusekela isikhathi seminyaka eyi-10.
UBayer uthe amashumi eminyaka ocwaningo akhombisile ukuthi iphephile futhi ikhemikhali ibisetshenziswa kakhulu abalimi, noma ukususa ukhula emigwaqweni yezitimela amashumi eminyaka.
Le nkampani ithe ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ukuthi iningi lamazwe e-EU livotele lesi siphakamiso futhi kunethemba lokuthi amazwe anele azoseseka esinyathelweni esilandelayo senqubo yokugunyazwa.
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule,I-GLYPHOSATE, esetshenziswa emikhiqizweni efana ne-Roundup ye-weedkiller, ibilokhu iwumgogodla wenkulumompikiswano yesayensi eshisayo mayelana nokuthi iyawudala yini umdlavuza kanye nomthelela wawo ongase ube nokuphazamisa emvelweni.Ikhemikhali yethulwa yiMonsanto ngo-1974 njengendlela ephumelelayo yokubulala ukhula ngenkathi ishiya izitshalo nezitshalo ziqinile.
Inhlangano ezinze eFrance i-International Agency for Research on Cancer, eyingxenye ye-World Health Organisation, yawuchaza ngokuthi “umdlavuza ongenzeka kubantu” ngo-2015. ngoJulayi ″ayizange iveze izindawo ezibucayi ezikhathazayo″ ekusetshenzisweni kwe-glyphosate.
I-US Environmental Protection Agency yathola ngo-2020 ukuthi umuthi wokubulala ukhula awubeki engcupheni impilo yabantu, kodwa inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala eCalifornia yayala le nhlangano ngonyaka odlule ukuthi isihlole kabusha leso sinqumo, ithi asisekelwa ubufakazi obanele.
Amazwe angamalungu e-EU anesibopho sokugunyaza ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo okuhlanganisa namakhemikhali ezimakethe zawo zikazwelonke, kulandela ukuhlolwa kokuphepha.
E-France, uMongameli u-Emmanuel Macron wayezibophezele ekuvimbeleni i-glyphosate ngaphambi kuka-2021 kodwa useze wabuyela emuva.IGermany, umnotho omkhulu we-EU, ihlela ukuyeka ukuyisebenzisa kusukela ngonyaka ozayo, kodwa isinqumo singaphikiswa.Ukuvinjelwa kukazwelonke kweLuxembourg, ngokwesibonelo, kwachithwa enkantolo ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
IGreenpeace ibicele i-EU ukuthi yenqabe ukuvunywa kabusha kwemakethe, icaphuna izifundo ezikhombisa ukuthi i-glyphosate ingabangela umdlavuza nezinye izinkinga zezempilo futhi ingaba nobuthi ezinyosini.Umkhakha we-agroindustry, nokho, uthi azikho ezinye izindlela ezisebenzayo.
″Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yisiphi isinqumo sokugcina esivela kulolu hlelo lokugunyazwa kabusha, kuneqiniso elilodwa amazwe angamalungu okuzodingeka abhekane nalo,’ kusho i-Copa-Cogeca, ithimba elimele abalimi kanye nemifelandawonye yezolimo.″Okwamanje ayikabikho enye indlela efanayo yokubulala ukhula, futhi ngaphandle kwayo, izindlela eziningi zolimo, ikakhulukazi ukongiwa kwenhlabathi, zizokwenziwa zibe nzima, zishiye abalimi bengenazo izixazululo.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-18-2023