“Sarquís signed his name in agreement with [Buenos Aires] municipalities for the correct use of plan-protection products.”A 2012 Buenos Aires Province Supreme Court ruling prohibited all fumigation with 1,000 meters of residents’ homes. Buenos Aires Province is part of the Las Pampas region along with the provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe and La Pampa. A new agrochemical bill that would allow pesticides to be fumigated as close as 10 meters from homes in the province of Buenos Aires has been passed by the provincial Senate. These class III and IV (“slightly dangerous” or “normally harmless”) pesticides include glyphosate, an agrochemical that has already caused outrage in Argentina. Though the bill still pends a Lower House vote and Buenos Aires Province Governor María Eugenia Vidal’s signature, a number of organizations have denounced the bill as unconstitutional due to the potentially harmful effects the pesticides can have on human health.

Source: The Bubble July 29, 2016 20:26 UTC