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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

EU trade deal could force UK to restrict use of weedkiller linked to cancer

A tractor spraying weedkiller on a field
A French farmer sprays glyphosate on his crop as a desiccant before the EU banned the practice in 2023. Photograph: Jean-François Monier/AFP/Getty Images

A new trade deal with the EU could lead to restrictions on the use of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate on UK food crops.

The full-spectrum herbicide, which kills almost every plant it touches, is often sprayed on wheat, oats and other cereal and pulse crops shortly before harvest to desiccate them and make them easier to handle.

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