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Colombia to ban coca herbicide
2015-05-10 01:07:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Colombia to halt use of controversial herbicide glyphosate in a US-sponsored coca eradication programmes because of health concerns.
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Acuron corn herbicide receives federal EPA registration
2015-05-08 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
GREENSBORO, N.C., USA, Apr. 28, 2015 –Growers looking to control difficult weeds like waterhemp, giant ragweed and Palmer amaranth will have access to Acuron™corn herbicide from Syngenta, now that it has received registration from the federal EPA. read more
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Advocacy group offers U.S. testing for herbicide feared linked to cancer
2015-04-23 06:05:26| Chemicals - Topix.net
An advocacy group seeking a ban on the world's most widely used herbicide said Wednesday it is launching a U.S. public testing project to gather data on detectable levels of the herbicide in drinking water, human urine and breast milk. The project, backed in part by organic organizations and critics of genetically modified crops, is the latest move in a brewing battle pitting agribusiness interests against consumer and environmental groups over the fate of the weed-killer called glyphosate.
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Herbicide Treatment to Control Invasive Weeds at Powell Butte Nature Park Underway
2015-04-21 16:13:14| PortlandOnline
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Fears over Roundup herbicide residues prompt private testing
2015-04-10 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. consumer groups, scientists and food companies are testing substances ranging from breakfast cereal to breast milk for residues of the world's most widely used herbicide on rising concerns over its possible links to disease. The focus is on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Testing has increased in the last two years, but scientists say requests spiked after a World Health Organization research unit said last month it was classifying glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans."...
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