Paraná state stops sale of five farm chemicals

Paraná state, one of Brazil’s biggest agricultural engines, this month ordered U.S.-based Monsanto and Basf AG of Germany to suspend the sale here of some of their agrochemicals, alleging that the substances come with potentially harmful misinformation. The state government ordered Monsanto not to sell three herbicides in its Roundup family—Transorb, Original and WG—and told Basf to halt the sale of Poast, an herbicide, and Dormex, a chemical that stimulates seed germination. Officials also seized some 71,500 tons of the chemicals and ordered a statewide recall of the products. And they have levied fines of US$5,600 against Monsanto and $11,200 against Basf. “The labels or information packets give inadequate, contradictory or misleading information about the dangers and/or side effects of... [Log in to read more]

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