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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Court rejects Trump-era EPA finding that weed killer safe

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Trump administration finding that the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup does not pose a serious health risk and is “not likely” to cause cancer in humans.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reexamine its 2020 finding that glyphosate did not pose a health risk for people exposed to it by any means — on farms, yards or roadsides or as residue left on food crops.

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