EUROPEAN UNION

The European Food Safety Authority says glyphosate is not genotoxic or carcinogenic. But the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a body of the World Health Organization, says glyphosate is a cancer causing agent. Yet, when the European Union voted in 2017, 18 countries backed glyphosate, while nine countries did not want its licence to be renewed. Some countries, however, are voicing their disapproval. France says it will ban its use three years from now, while Belgium has asked for an exit plan from the chemical