MEPs want to make it quicker and easier to swap chemical pesticides for bio alternatives.

consumer protection

food safety

https://api.multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/documents/20125/11392249/N01-PUB-170131INT-EN.srt

This machine is spraying pesticides on rapeseed. 

Although fast and effective for plant growth, 

the chemicals are extremely hazardous to health. 

This French farmer is now suffering from cancer,

due to the use of pesticides on his farm. ##@#

Pesticides are found everywhere in fruits and vegetables and, 

according to press reports, even in babies' nappies. ##@#

MEPs want to promote the use of biological pesticides instead.  

We use too much ordinary pesticides, which are chemical; 

which were designed to kill living subjects. 

And they are causing damage to our health as well.

Today, only seven bio-pesticides have received official certification. 

But getting EU market approval takes time, 

because they are less effective than their chemical counterparts.

MEPs want to simplify and speed up the approval process.

We are talking about organisms, viruses, bacteria, nematodes, 

that have to go through a process of certification, 

which is not only very long, but also very expensive. ##@#

Some farmers have already embarked on alternative techniques, without pesticides, 

but this takes more time and effort — bio-pesticides could be the solution.