Gardeners beware: household chemicals banned overseas are still used in Australia

Australian pesticide regulators still approve the household use of chemicals banned in Europe, the UK and the US Photograph: Marnie Griffiths/Getty Images

When Kelvin McNickle discovered in his 30s he had non-Hodgkin lymphoma, he wondered whether it could be due to the Roundup he had used for more than a decade while clearing vegetation for councils.

Now living in Queensland, he has become the lead plaintiff in a major class action being brought by Maurice Blackburn in Australia against chemical giant, Monsanto.