Comments on: Risk not hazard for good pesticides regulation http://euractiv.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/16/risk-not-hazard-for-good-regulation/ Let Europe know! Your opinion counts; send a letter to the Editor Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:49:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: James Breen http://euractiv.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/16/risk-not-hazard-for-good-regulation/#comment-525 James Breen Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:14:08 +0000 http://euractiv.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/16/risk-not-hazard-for-good-regulation/#comment-525 Sir, I fully support Dr Gilmour's opinion on Risk/Hazard in crop protection products. I think this legislation will have a short life-span, given that many of the banned products are essential to the maintenance of the high crop yields that we all depend upon in Europe. Do we want to go back to the 0.7t/ha yields of communal farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa? At a time when we need to raise food production worldwide by at least 50% this legislation is perverse in the extreme. James Breen. Sir,

I fully support Dr Gilmour’s opinion on Risk/Hazard in crop protection products. I think this legislation will have a short life-span, given that many of the banned products are essential to the maintenance of the high crop yields that we all depend upon in Europe. Do we want to go back to the 0.7t/ha yields of communal farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa? At a time when we need to raise food production worldwide by at least 50% this legislation is perverse in the extreme.

James Breen.

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