MEP calls for parliamentary risk panel to tame green ‘scaremongering’

The European Parliament needs more science and less emotion in making decisions on chemicals, pesticides and other contentious legislation, an MEP said on Tuesday (11 June), arguing that lawmakers were influenced by "scaremongering" and environmental lobbying in recent votes.British MEP Julie Girling, who heads an informal risk group in the assembly, said votes in favour of tighter rules on endocrine disrupters and a ...

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