A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer, scientists said on Thursday. Connor Murray, a research associate with Monsanto, examines a corn tassel on Monsanto's research farm near Carman, Manitoba. Scott Partridge, Monsanto's vice president of strategy, said the study results clearly showed the weedkiller was safe. Scott Partridge, Monsanto's vice president of strategy, said the study results clearly showed the weedkiller was safe. "This is the largest study of agricultural workers in history, over the longest period of time," he told Reuters.

Source: CBC News November 09, 2017 16:30 UTC