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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

‘Outrageous’: MEPs condemn pesticide companies for withholding toxicity data

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Syngenta and Bayer rejected the accusations and said they had provided all ‘relevant’ studies. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The pesticide companies Bayer and Syngenta have been excoriated in a European parliament hearing after failing to disclose studies on the brain toxicity of their products.

European regulators said the companies had breached legal obligations and behaved unethically. MEPs questioning executives from the companies said their actions had been “outrageous” and represented a “scandal”. The companies rejected the accusations and said they had provided all relevant studies.

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