{"id":322889,"date":"2025-08-06T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/322889\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:01:13","slug":"how-an-insecticide-has-come-back-to-bug-emmanuel-macron-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/322889\/","title":{"rendered":"How an insecticide has come back to bug Emmanuel Macron \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The science behind acetamiprid\u2019s toxicity is contested. In 2024, the European Food Safety Authority proposed drastically lowering recommended daily intake doses<\/a>, citing “major uncertainties” about the substance\u2019s effect on the nervous system’s development \u2014 while stopping short of calling for a ban.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s National Order of Physicians has come out against<\/a> the Loi Duplomb, writing in a statement that “doubt is not reasonable when it comes to substances that may expose the population to major risks: neurodevelopmental disorders, pediatric cancers, chronic diseases.”<\/p>\n

\"\"The historic success of the petition against the Loi Duplomb was fueled by high-profile opposition from celebrities, movie stars and influencers. | Jerome Gilles\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Some lab and animal studies suggest acetamiprid may cause DNA damage or act as a hormone disruptor \u2014 both potential cancer pathways \u2014 but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded<\/a> it\u2019s “not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.”<\/p>\n

Macron has delayed responding to the viral petition until after the Constitutional Council issues its ruling. <\/p>\n

Two constitutional challenges were filed against the law \u2014 one citing environmental rights, the other criticizing the fast-tracked process used to bypass a debate in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

If the court green-lights the Loi Duplomb, Macron will be left with few options. Because the petition passed the 500,000-signature threshold, it may trigger a parliamentary debate \u2014 though there’s no obligation to hold a new vote, since the law has already passed.<\/p>\n

Macron could also choose not to enact the bill \u2014 an extremely rare move that could open him up to accusations of defying the legislature\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens, the controversy is likely to continue dogging the French president. Even within his own ranks, divisions are clear: During the final vote last month, 26 of the 176 MPs in the three-party coalition backing Macron voted against the bill, while 15 abstained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The science behind acetamiprid\u2019s toxicity is contested. In 2024, the European Food Safety Authority proposed drastically lowering recommended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[3971,12133,1204,10684,34,728,2000,299,6644,36,27647,43,54160,116783],"class_list":{"0":"post-322889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-agriculture","9":"tag-bees","10":"tag-cancer","11":"tag-chemicals","12":"tag-emmanuel-macron","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-eu","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-farmers","17":"tag-france","18":"tag-livestock","19":"tag-macron","20":"tag-pesticides","21":"tag-pollinators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114982662035177092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}