The glyphosate saga is not over yet.
On Tuesday (6 February) the European Parliament voted to set-up its own special committee to review future pesticide authorisations.
That follows a defeat for those MEPs, NGOs and concerned citizens who had lobbied for a total ban on glyphosate - the controversial herbicide used in Monsanto's Roundup - when the EU decided to allow a five-year renewal in November 2017.
Anti-glyphosate MEPs and activists hope the new committee will give a m...
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