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Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide

Federal Court finds insufficient evidence Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. What does the science say?

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A major Federal Court class action has been dismissed this week after Justice Michael Lee ruled there was not enough evidence to prove the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer.

Plaintiff Kelvin McNickle, now aged 41, developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) in his family’s vegetation management business for more than 20 years.

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