(AFP file photo)The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is signalling the national committee on hazardous substances should delay the move to impose a total ban on the use of a controversial herbicide in farming to 2021. The committee is due to meet Thursday to decide on whether to ban the herbicide paraquat, and restrict the use of chlorpyrifos and glyphosate. On Wednesday, members of the Pharmacy Council organised a small public protest to demand an immediate ban on paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos by the end of the year. Grisada: Total ban by 2021A source from the meeting said the ministry wants the ban on paraquat to be imposed in 2021 instead. Meanwhile, the Office of the Ombudsman last December submitted its suggestion to the national committee on hazardous substances, that it should ban paraquat by Jan 1, 2020.

Source: Bangkok Post February 13, 2019 21:56 UTC