EU on brink of historic decision on pervasive glyphosate weedkiller

Glyphosate is found in 60% of UK bread and environmentalists welcome a ban but industry warn of uproar among farmers if herbicide is phased outA 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. Continue reading...