It has been an epic battle - Monsanto and other corporations are desperate to get the world's number one herbicide, glyphosate, relicenced in the EU. But their network of power has been challenged by doctors, scientists and a global movement of people. The Ecologist on this week's postponement of the EU's decision:http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2987367/eu_postpones_glyphosate_decision_a_good_day_for_public_health.html
Roundup, Monsanto's top selling herbicide, now up for
relicencing for use in EU. With today's postponement of a vote, it could
go either way. Photo: Mike Mozart via Flickr (CC BY).
