Le Figaro Bordeaux
It's a subject close to his heart.
Green MP Nicolas Thierry called on the government this Wednesday to
“tackle head-on”
the issue of chemical pollution to fight against infertility, against which Emmanuel Macron recently announced “
a major fight plan
” .
To respond to the increase in infertility, the President of the Republic outlined in mid-January
“a major plan to combat this scourge”
.
The stated objective is to enable
“the demographic rearmament”
of a France where the number of births continues to decline.
“Instead of promoting the idea of “demographic rearmament”, the French government should rather tackle head-on a major reason for infertility which is chemical pollution
,” argued the elected official. de Gironde during a press conference.
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Scientific knowledge has evolved
Nicolas Thierry organized the press conference at the National Assembly to present his proposed European resolution for the revision of the Reach regulation, which regulates dangerous chemical substances in the European Union.
Postponed several times, this highly anticipated revision, likely to drastically tighten this regulation, does not appear on the European executive's work calendar for 2024 either.
“Cornerstone of the fight against toxic substances”
, Reach is a
“formidable tool”
which nevertheless needs to be overhauled, insisted Nicolas Thierry.
Since its entry into force in 2007,
“17 years have passed and flaws have appeared.
And above all, the state of scientific knowledge has evolved considerably.”
Through this proposed European resolution, the elected environmentalist
“asks the French government to weigh in with all its weight”
against the new postponement of the revision of the regulation, received at the time with
“guilty lukewarmness”
, according to him.