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Source Gerhard Uys, Farmer's Weekly
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 07:06
AGRICULTURE NEWS - The sale of Roundup Pro 360 was recently banned in Lyon, France after a court found that regulators failed to take safety concerns into account when clearing the herbicide.
Roundup, owned by Bayer, contains the ingredient glyphosate, which some claim causes cancer.
Magda du Toit, corporate engagement manager at Bayer Crop Science South Africa, told Farmer’s Weekly that the company disagreed with the court’s decision, and was considering its legal options.
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