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European Commission proposes 10-year glyphosate extension (www.farminguk.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

We lost more than 90%of the insect biomass in western Europe compared to just five decades ago.

Glyphosate is hardly a main culprit. As you said, it's a herbicide. It's designed to kill plants, not insects. That doesn't make it safe for insects and there are indeed issues, but it's a fairly safe bet that the continuing use of insecticides that are actually made to kill off insects, is a much larger concern.