Soil Association launches UK campaign to ban pre-harvest glyphosate use
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Updated · BBC.com · May 6
Soil Association launches UK campaign to ban pre-harvest glyphosate use
9 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 6
The push comes before an HSE consultation this summer on approval beyond December 2026, when Great Britain's current glyphosate authorisation expires.
Campaigners say spraying crops days before harvest leaves residues in bread, cereals and beer and cite studies linking glyphosate to cancer, while farmers and the NFU call it essential.
The EU banned pre-harvest glyphosate use in 2023, though other uses remain allowed, and ministers say the herbicide stays strictly regulated and approved only if evidence shows it is safe.
The EU has already banned pre-harvest glyphosate. Why is the UK charting a different, potentially riskier, path for its food supply?
If 'inert' ingredients in weedkillers are the real danger, is the entire debate about glyphosate missing the point?