Australian farmers body says Roundup cancer ruling is 'in blatant ignorance' of science
Written by Naaman Zhou
National Farmers’ Federation says US court ruling that weedkiller causes cancer sets a ‘reckless precedent’
Australia’s National Farmers’ Federation has rejected the finding of a US court that the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, saying it set a “reckless precedent” that could harm agriculture.
On Monday, Greenpeace urged the Australian government to start restricting the sale of Roundup – which is widely available in supermarkets and hardware stores – after a Californian court found it caused the cancer of a terminally ill man.
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