The Brazilian Labor Prosecutor’s Office (MPT) is asking Anvisa (the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency) to ban the use of the herbicide glyphosate.

This Tuesday (26), the Labor Public Prosecutor's Office (MPT) filed a lawsuit so that the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) and the federal government prohibit the use of glyphosate herbicideThe MPT also wants to suspend the production, export, import, commercialization and use of the active ingredient of the product. The organ and the National Coordination for the Defense of the Working Environment and the Health of Workers (Codemat) They also request that a be applied. A fine of R$ 1 million will be imposed for non-compliance with the measure.In a statement, the main producer of glyphosate, German company Bayer, has already expressed himself contrary to legal action stating that the product can be used safely and poses no health risk.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.