Roundup is safe, insists Monsanto

THE maker of Roundup weedkiller – approved for use in the EU – has insisted it is safe after a US jury backed a groundsman’s claim the pesticide contributed to his terminal cancer.

Dewayne Johnson was awarded $289 m by a jury who found Monsanto failed to adequately warn of the risks of using the herbicide.

But Monsanto vice-president Scott Partridge said: ‘Roundup has been safe for four decades and will continue to be safe. There is no credible scientific evidence that demonstrates otherwise.’