Coca should no longer be destroyed by dangerous glyphosate

Colombia does not want to continue to destroy coca with glyphosate
Since the 1990s, the herbicide glyphosate has been used in Colombia to combat illegal coca cultivation. The government wants to give it up in the future. According to experts, glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic". Also in 27 states of the EU the controversial means is admitted.

Colombia wants to do without glyphosate for coca destruction
Colombia will no longer use the controversial herbicide glyphosate to destroy coca plantations. According to news agency AFP, President Juan Manuel Santos said over the weekend that he would call on the National Drug Council to end the use of the Roundup herbicide known from the air. He explained that the Ministry of Health has reviewed several studies and recommendations and identified a "risk" from glyphosate use.

Weed killer is "probably carcinogenic"
For a long time, the worldwide funds are controversial, critics referred in the past that glyphosate is carcinogenic. Glyphosate is also approved as a herbicide in 27 countries of the European Union (EU). Recently, researchers at the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) conducted a risk assessment of the drug, classifying glyphosate as "likely to cause cancer.".

Fight against drugs should continue
AFP reports that in Colombia since 1994 coca fields have been sprayed with plant poison from the air - with financial support from the USA. Coca is the raw material for the production of the illegal drug cocaine. In addition to Peru, Colombia is the largest cocaine producer in the world. President Santos stressed that the fight against drug trafficking will continue despite the absence of glyphosate. It has been reported that the drug agency will now find out by October how to tackle illegal coca fields without the plant poison. (Ad)

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