Today, Switzerland’s Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) announced it is withdrawing, with immediate effect, the authorisation to sell products containing the chemical chlorothalonil, an ingredient used since the 1960s to protect crops from disease.
The decision follows a reexamination of the toxic effects of the chemical over the summer.
FOAG said that after examining data provided by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) it was impossible to exclude the possibility that certain chemicals resulting from the breakdown of chlorothalonil could have a long term negative effect on health.
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