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Brazilian court overturns injunction prohibiting use of glyphosate

Brazilian farmers will continue to have access to the world’s most used weed killer after Brazil’s Federal judge reversed a previous ruling, which had suspended the existing and new registration of glyphosate-based products.

Hundreds of lawsuits are pending in US courts and recently Monsanto was compelled to pay compensation of $289 million to a plaintiff who contracted cancer because of his exposure to the herbicide. [Shutterstock]

Gerardo Fortuna Euractiv 04-09-2018 11:30 2 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project
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