date:Sep 11, 2019
The French government has launched a nationwide consultation on the implementation of pesticide-free buffer zones around homes. This is days after a French court ruled that mayors did not have the power to implement their own.
The three-week online consultation, which opened on Monday, will inform new nation-wide regulations to create a minimum distance between residential areas and pesticide spraying. The government has suggested a minimum distance of 5 metres for low-lying crops such as cerea