There is no evidence that the weedkiller glyphosate causes cancer

Dewayne Johnson says glyphosate in weedkiller gave him cancer

Does weedkiller cause cancer? According to a ruling by a Californian court last week, yes. Monsanto, the agricultural chemicals company, has been ordered to pay $289 million to Dewayne Johnson, a groundskeeper who says his terminal cancer was caused by their products Roundup and RangerPro, which contain the chemical glyphosate.

The ruling has led to Greenpeace calling for sales of the weedkiller to be restricted and shares in Monsanto’s parent company Bayer to drop. Meanwhile, Thérèse Coffey, an environment minister in the UK government, is …

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