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‘French towns should ditch hanging baskets and learn to love weeds’

Local authorities are losing the battle against weeds following the glyphosate ban but Samantha David thinks we should embrace the dandelion

France’s ban on 36 glyphosate weedkillers

Thirty-six products used in agriculture and containing the controversial herbicide glyphosate must be removed from sale this year, France’s national safety agency Anses has ruled.

Think again on dangers of herbicide

RE: THE letter from Rex Barron in the September issue ( Glyphosate herbicide is no danger to humans ). His assertion that “a herbicide … is not dangerous to the human metabolism” is simply not true.

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‘Glyphosate caused our son’s health issues’

The parents of a disabled French boy have told Connexion how they believe the popular herbicide glyphosate caused their son’s health problems.

Glysophate

‘French towns should ditch hanging baskets and learn to love weeds’

France’s ban on 36 glyphosate weedkillers

Think again on dangers of herbicide

‘Glyphosate caused our son’s health issues’

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