European commission plans to relicense controversial weedkiller

Glyphosate was deemed ‘probably carcinogenic’ by WHO but draft law has been drawn up to grant new 15-year leaseThe European commission plans to give a new 15-year lease to a controversial weedkiller that was deemed “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).A draft implementing law seen by the Guardian says the commission has decided it is appropriate to renew the licence for glyphosate aft