France: Roundup herbicide banned French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced Sunday a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, the active ingredient of which, glyphosate, was classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in March. "France must be on the offensive with regards to the banning of pesticides," Royal said on French television. Read more: France bans sale of Monsanto herbicide Roundup in nurseries AFP
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France: Roundup herbicide banned
French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced Sunday a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, the active ingredient of which, glyphosate, was classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in March. "France must be on the offensive with regards to the banning of pesticides," Royal said on French television.
Read more: France bans sale of Monsanto herbicide Roundup in nurseries AFP
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