Glyphosate unlikely to pose risk to humans, UN/WHO study says

Chemical used in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller 'unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk from exposure through diet'

Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller brand, has been given a clean bill of health by the UN's joint meeting on pesticides residues (JMPR), two days before a crunch EU vote on whether to relicense it.

The co-analysis by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation found that the chemical was "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet".