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Corruption of science: Why are governments not banning Monsanto's Roundup?

The question is if there is evidence of its toxicity, why are governments not banning it?

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Sunita Narain
There is one chemical that is igniting much fuss these days — legislators in New Zealand want it banned; South African leaders are asking why they are continuing to use it; closer to home in Sri Lanka it is being discussed in Parliament. Europe last year went through a bitter, high-volume contention on whether it should renew its licence for use. It first dithered, then gave a limited renewal, and finally, in November 2017 it agreed to a five-year extension. But the debate rages on and refuses to go away.
 
It is argued that the chemical is toxic to
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