Pesticide Policy and Politics in the European Union

This book explores the regulation of pesticides in the European Union in order to reveal the complex, controversial, and contested nature of an assessment system proudly declared by the EU to be ‘the strictest in the world’.  The current regulatory framework is based on Regulation 1107/2009, which substantially reformed the previous system.  The analysis describes the new criteria and procedures for the authorization of active substances to be used in the production of pesticides, trac