LTO Netherlands and the Royal General Association for Flower Bulb Culture (KAVB) report that they are upset about the ruling of the court in Roermond in the case of the lily grower in Sevenum, Limburg.
The court prohibits the grower from using crop protection products on a plot of lilies close to buildings. This is due to the risk of health damage to local residents. According to the interest groups, the judge is thus setting aside the admission by the Board for the Authorization of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb).
LTO Netherlands and the KAVB believe that the ruling ignores the European and national admission requirements and rules for crop protection products. They state that lily growers and all other growers should be able to assume that resources approved by the Ctgb can be used if necessary.
Scientific evidence
Approved crop protection products must be scientifically proven to be safe for humans, animals and the environment. According to LTO Netherlands and the KAVB, this is also in the interest of agricultural entrepreneurs, their families and employees. If there are scientific indications that substances are less safe than previously assumed, this must be seriously and carefully investigated.
The interest groups therefore consider it positive that the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has commissioned the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) to conduct additional research into the relationship between crop protection products and human health.
As far as LTO Nederland and the KAVB are concerned, the results of such scientific research must be and remain leading.
