Ban on weedkiller glyphosate won’t save anyone from cancer

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The widely used weedkiller glyphosate is available in every garden store, but now there are fears it can cause cancer.

Politicians in Europe were sufficiently alarmed that the European parliament called for a ban. The final decision rests with members states, who have delayed until November the vote on renewing the licence to use glyphophate because of a lack of consensus.

Let’s hope they use that time to look at the evidence – or rather the lack of it. While banning glyphosate is unlikely to make people any healthier, it is certain to