On glyphosate, bad science, and precautionary principles

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Tom Chivers reckons the case for a crackdown on glyphosates is remarkably weak, but it is still a good thing that it is being presented

A major multinational chemical firm has lost 11 per cent of its value after a weird, antiscientific ruling by a California court blamed a weedkiller for a man's cancer. The decision could lead to a series...

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