the Sale of the active substance in the herbicides grew significantly, from 2017 to 2018 - especially in the Danish gardeners.

in recent years the debate on the harmful effects of herbicides have not got the Danish garden owners to drop the chemical control of dandelions, thistles and other unwanted plants.

Thus are the sales of the product glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, has increased by 18 percent from 2017 to 2018.

It shows a statement from the environmental protection Agency, writes the Althing.

Looking closer at the numbers, it is especially haveejerne, who has turned up for the consumption of herbicides. The sales of the active ingredient in the herbicides is tripled from 20 tonnes in 2017 to 62 tonnes in 2018.

The dramatic increase covers, however, over recent years, has been sold illegal pesticides to remove the moss. It affects the statistics.

In 2018 is a new and legal product come on the market, which thus - unlike the previously used means - are included in the statistics.

Looking away from the funds against the mos, it is still a significant increase in sales of herbicides.

It rose from 17.6 tonnes in 2017 to 23,7 tonnes in 2018.

of Which there has been an increase in the sales of the active ingredient in Roundup from 12 ton to 14 ton, writes the Althing.

the Roundup, which contains glyphosate, is the world's most used herbicide. Glyphosate is feared to be carcinogenic.

because of the fear of environmental and health effects examine the Danish Parliament - with the minister of the environment Lea Wermelin (S) in the forefront - the possibility of making a ban on the product.

The work was put in motion, after a borgerforslag to ban the use of Roundup on public land and in private gardens reached 50.000 signatures, and thus had to be taken up in Parliament.

however, the EU has allowed that herbicides like Roundup are used by private and commercial customers until at least 2022, which permission may again be extended.

At the Danish society for nature conservation (DN) irks you that the container with Roundup, more often and more often smoking over the counter in garden centres and diy stores.

- We think it is indefensible that private amateurs are allowed to use poisons, as it is the case when being used Roundup in private gardens, says Rikke Lundsgaard, there is a cap senior adviser of the association.

- There are no gardeners, who loses money by not spraying with it. They can basically just grab a rake and some elbow grease and then get rid of the weeds on the way, she says.

DN supports a ban on the private use of Roundup.

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