EU fails to decide on glyphosate use extension

The EU failed Friday to agree extending the use of glyphosate — a weedkiller the WHO fears could be carcinogenic — because of division among the bloc's 27 member countries, a European Commission spokesman said.If that committee failed to resolve the matter before current EU authorisation for glyphosate ends on December 15, the commission has the power to go ahead and decide whether or not to extend its use, he said.