WeMove.EU Action Against the Renewal of Glyphosate

BRUSSELS, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

This morning WeMove.EU supporters and partners stood in front of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed with a giant 3 m high Round Up bottle and signs calling for a ban on the toxic chemical, glyphosate.

At the event Oliver Moldenhauer, WeMove.EU director explained: "The EU standing committee has no doubt about how Europeans feel towards the toxic chemical, glyphosate. They know Europeans do not want this poison anywhere near their food, their parks or their bodies."

Mr Moldenhauer added:  "We are here right in front of where the standing committee will be meeting representing more than 230,000 European citizens calling for an outright ban on the toxic chemical. If the standing committee approves the licence, it would mean the continued spread of the probably carcinogenic chemical into our everyday environment."

Jörg Rohwedder, Senior Campaigner for Germany leading on this campaign weighed in: "Agro-companies such as Monsanto and Bayer have used underhand methods to ensure glyphosate's permissions, as it is used in some of their most profitable products. The protest demonstrates the widespread support in European countries for an all-out ban on the chemical, and the anger towards companies manipulating 'scientific' studies - as well as EU officials."

Notes:

WeMove.EU is a citizens' movement, campaigning for a better Europe; for a European Union committed to social and economic justice, environmental sustainability and citizen-led democracy. We are people from all walks of life, who call Europe our home - whether we were born in Europe or elsewhere. As of May 2016 we have 300,000 members across Europe. Our campaigns are run in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and (soon to be) Polish.

- Cross reference: Picture is available via epa european pressphoto agency (http://www.epa.eu) -

For more information about our campaign against Glyphosate:

Jörg Rohwedder, Senior Campaigner, joerg@wemove.eu, +49-451-30086913 or +49-178-4078433