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According to various media, the government is finally preparing to make public consultation, for 3 weeks, on Monday the draft decree that will set at 5 or 10 meters, depending on the type of crops, the minimum distance between homes and areas of pesticide application [1].Good neighborly charters and pesticides: the decree should be put in consultation at the beginning of next week
Generations Futures is keen to respond to this information.
"It is known that direct drift and re-evaporation of pesticides after spraying will impact surrounding homes well beyond the first 100 meters [2] of the spray site. Under these conditions, 5 or 10 meters of distance are absolutely not a distance likely to significantly reduce the exposure of residents to pesticides: it is less than the width of a rural road and its borders! "Says François Veillerette , Director of Future Generations "We ask the government not to give in to pressure from the FNSEA on this subject. This is a major public health issue and it is the government's responsibility to protect people's health from these products, many of which are endocrine disruptors that can act at low doses on young children or the fetus in the stomach. from his mother by introducing distances without spraying synthetic pesticides much higher! »He adds. [1] Our association - which had the texts in preparation at the end of June - will invite Internet users to take part in the consultation and will propose really protective measures to modify the decree as well as the decree to accompany this text. See here from the date of publication of the texts: https://www.generations-futures.fr/actualites/chartes-pesticides-participez-a-la-consultation-publique. Source : Generations Futures
