Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP) issued the following criticism of the 10 Billion US Dollar payout to victims of glyphosate poisoning: Quote: Penang, Malaysia—Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP) today said that corporate accountability and justice for victims of glyphosate poisoning is still wanting, after agrochemical giant Bayer’s more than $10 Billion settlement of 95,000 suits filed by glyphosate users in the US. Considered as among the largest settlements ever in US civil litigation, the payout however contains “no admission of liability and wrongdoing” by Bayer’s Monsanto, manufacturer of RoundUp (glyphosate). Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, is the subject of thousands of lawsuits for its link with…
Pesticide Use in Japan
We would like to highlight the interesting reports in The Ecologist about pesticide use in Japan. Phil Carter, a freelance environmental journalist, explores how broad-spectrum pesticides used mainly at rice paddy fields are harming insects and the environment: Quote: Chemical companies are taking advantage of Japan’s weak laws on pesticide use by selling a wide variety of broad-spectrum pesticides for use in rice farming, including neonicotinoids banned in other countries. But other pesticide types with similarly devastating effects on aquatic ecosystems continue to be sold and promoted, such as Trebon, a synthetic pyrethroid sold by Mitsui Chemicals, and Prince, containing fipronil, a phenylpyrazole sold by BASF. Simultaneously, a worldwide insect extinction event is ongoing in which…
Japan Resources – 177
Please click here for our latest English newsletter: CUJ Japan Resources 177 We hope you will continue to stay updated with CUJ’s activities and news on our English website, and support our campaigns! Contents: From the Editors: Back to the Future? New Campaign: Organic and Pesticide-free Ingredients for School Lunches Urgent Request for Countermeasures Against the New Coronavirus CUJ: Concerns Regarding Genome Editing of Fish Almost Half a Million Signatures Supporting Our Gene-Editing Petition
CUJ and the No! GMO Campaign: Please Reply to Our Questions Regarding Glyphosate Use in Hokkaido
Request to cease pre-harvest glyphosate use in soybeans and please reply to our new concerns regarding its use (April 14, 2020) To: Hokuren Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives Mr. Kazuyuki Uchida, Chairman of the Board From: No! GMO Campaign Keisuke Amagasa Consumers Union of Japan (CUJ) Keisuke Amagasa, Co-Chairman Kazuki Ono, Co-Chairman Request to cease use of pre-harvest glyphosate in soybeans and reply to questions regarding its use In response to our questionnaire dated March 17 2020, you responded on March 27 by e-mail, but you did not answer our questions 1 to 4. Domestic agriculture is in a deep crisis due to trade agreements such as the TPP, the EU-Japan…
Glyphosate on Soybeans in Hokkaido?
Consumers Union of Japan got this very brief reply from conventional soybean growers in Hokkaido, represented by Hokuren Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, founded in 1919 in Sapporo, Japan: Thank you very much for your valuable comments and suggestions. All of the agricultural products handled by the Federation are produced in compliance with the Pesticide Control Law and are used in an appropriate manner. Thank you very much for your understanding. This was in response to our request to cease pre-harvest glyphosate use in soybeans as well as an open questionnaire on its use (March 17, 2020) /// From Consumers Union of Japan March 17, 2020. To: Hokuren Federation of…