Herbicide in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Wormell v R.HM Agriculture (East) Ltd
... ... oats in wheat and barley", and describes it as a weedkiller; it gives its contents, and says that it is "for use only as an agricultural herbicide". There are instructions on both the sides and on the back of the canister; they go into considerable detail on many points, and I do not need to ... ...
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Legislation
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The Water Environment (Miscellaneous) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
... ... Rules (a), (b) and (c) are revised to include all methods of application; rule (g) is new and allows the application of herbicide to control non-native invasive species of plants on river banks. Existing rules (g) and (h) are renumbered (h) and (i) and existing rule (h)(iv) is ... ...
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The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Authorisations and Modifications of Authorisations) (Wales) Regulations 2023
... ... European Parliament and of the Council, of an oilseed rape product (Brassica napus L., GT73 line) genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide ... ...
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The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Authorisations and Modifications of Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
... ... European Parliament and of the Council, of an oilseed rape product (Brassica napus L., GT73 line) genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide ... ...
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The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Authorisations and Modifications of Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2023
... ... European Parliament and of the Council, of an oilseed rape product (Brassica napus L., GT73 line) genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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On robots as genetically modified invasive species
Purpose: – This paper aims to explore similarities and differences between robots, invasive biological species, and genetically modified organisms. These comparisons are designed to better understa...... ... For instance, one of the major motivations of using GMO plants is to simplifyweed control. By using a GMO plant that resists a particular herbicide, farmers hope tokill all plants except the GMO plant with a single dose of the herbicide. However, overtime, weeds that are also resistant to the ... ...
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Poisoning expertise and outcomes in malicious contamination incidents
Purpose: It is often assumed that poisoners and product tamperers are likely to share an interest in or knowledge of poisonous substances. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether perpetra...... ... For non-experts, rat poison[2] wasby far the most common substance used, followed by insecticide and herbicide more generally,as well as cyanide.For threats and hoaxes the non-experts most frequently claimed to have used some form ofbacteria, while experts ... ...
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Liability for the Escape of GM Seeds: Pursuing the ‘Victim’?
The widespread commercial cultivation of GM crops in the EU and the UK is getting closer. Intense concerns about the uncertain health and environmental effects of GM farming have been the subject o...... ... containing those genes, which when inserted in plants make them resistant to glyphosate herbicides, including Monsanto’s ‘Roundup’ herbicide. Monsanto claimed that its patent had been infringed by the defendant planting his 1998 crop using seed set aside from his 1997 crop which he knew or ... ...
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For the Want of Certainty: Vnuk, Juliana and Andrade and the Obligation to Insure
In 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union in Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Triglav extended the requirement for the owner of a motor vehicle to possess insurance cover where the vehicle is...... ... Andrade involv ed Mrs Mar ia Alves who died in March 2006 following an accident at work. A tractor was being used to deliv er herbicide at a vineyard. The vehicle was stationary and parked on a sloped terrace. Its weight, the vibration of the tractor’s motor as a pump to administer ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Putting Broccoli' Into Practice
...In T 915/10, the Examining Division considered the following claim: ... "A method for producing a soybean plant tolerant to glyphosate herbicide comprising introducing into the genome of said plant event MON89788." ... The Examining Division held that the claim included as an implicit ... ...
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EPA Decision Regarding Glyphosate And Cancer
...On April 30, 2019 the Environmental Protection Agency issued a press release regarding the ability of the herbicide glyphosate to cause cancer in humans. In its release, the EPA stated that glyphosate "does not pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans." Its decision is ... ...
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Biotech patents - Cutting the scope of protection
... ... This DNA sequence makes soybean plants resistant to the Roundup Ready herbicide, allowing farmers to use high levels of herbicide to produce greater yields ... The patent covers DNA sequences encoding a class of enzyme ... ...
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ECJ Offers Further Guidance On Compulsory Insurance Regime
... ... The case involved an employee of a vineyard spraying herbicide. A tractor was stationary nearby and left with the engine running, powering the spray device used to administer the herbicide. A landslip occurred, ... ...
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