Lula vetos part of Brazil’s controversial pesticide bill

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed key parts of a controversial law that is set to loosen the rules around the use of pesticides in the country.

Brazil, an agricultural giant, is the world’s biggest consumer of pesticides, many of which are classified as highly hazardous.

The Senate approved the law which environmentalists and right activists have dubbed…