EXPERT REACTION: Cancer Council calls for review of 'Round-up' herbicide
The Cancer Council is reported to be calling for an independent review into the weedkiller, glyphosate — the active ingredient in Roundup. In 2015 the World Health Organisation's specialised cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans".
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