Glyphosate: Farmers in Kent can carry on using 'potentially dangerous' weed killer
20:20, 28 November 2017
Farmers in Kent have been told they can keep using a potentially dangerous weed killer, despite pleas from campaigners.
Glyphosate was, and will now continue to be, used on most crops across the county after countries in the European Union voted to renew the chemical's licence.
Agriculture workers were told they could carry on putting it on their crops after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said it was "unlikely" to cause cancer in humans.
WATCH: Weed killer licence renewed amid cancer fears
Latest news
Features
Most popular
- 1
‘Plumbers charged my elderly relatives £8,560 but settled on £765 when challenged’
22 - 2
Video captures panic as fireworks display goes wrong and ‘boy’s face burnt’
11 - 3
Family-run garage closes for final time after 92 years of trade
5 - 4
Kent pub 'surrounded by sheep' named one of UK's best to visit in autumn
3 - 5
‘I’d much rather have a full restaurant than Michelin stars’
5