Source: REUTERS, 12/12/17

The European Commission said on Tuesday it had renewed for five years the license for the weed-killer glyphosate, a key ingredient in Monsanto Co’s (MON.N) top-selling Roundup, following a heated debate over whether it causes cancer.
A sufficient majority of EU countries voted at the end of November to clear the license extension, but opposition to the herbicide remained, including from a citizens’ initiative wanting it banned and demanding greater transparency in future. 

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