The federal government must promise to test high-risk pesticides every five years to ensure health and safety, a new alliance of health and consumer groups says.The government is under pressure to outline how it will better protect the health of Australians and the environment in a reform of the nation's pesticides regulator.
The new alliance of health, consumer and green groups has accused the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) of being in denial about the lax job it's doing regulating chemicals designed to kill.
Advertisement: Story continues below The groups, including Choice, WWF and the Public Health Association of Australia, say more than 80 pesticides registered here are no longer authorised in Europe due to the risks to human and environmental health.
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