Colombia: Ineffective & Possibly Carcinogenic, but Colombia Will Go back to Attacking Coca with Glyphosate

Apr 22, 2016 | Mint Press News
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Less than a year after the government halted its use over concerns that it could cause cancer, Colombia plans to resume using glyphosate, a controversial weed killer, on illegal coca crops. Glyphosate had been used for 20 years in Colombia’s battle against coca, the vast majority of which will be turned into cocaine for distribution through the global black market. President Juan Manuel Santos banned the practice last year after the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, labeled the substance as a “probable carcinogen.”