EU on brink of historic decision on pervasive glyphosate weedkiller
by Arthur Neslen from Environment | The Guardian on (#35XAE)
Glyphosate is found in 60% of UK bread and environmentalists welcome a ban but industry warn of uproar among farmers if herbicide is phased out
A pivotal EU vote this week could revoke the licence for the most widely used herbicide in human history, with fateful consequences for global agriculture and its regulation.
Glyphosate is a weedkiller so pervasive that its residues were recently found in 45% of Europe's topsoil - and in the urine of three quarters of Germans tested, at five times the legal limit for drinking water.