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Weekly Report - 14 May 2015 (WR-15-19)
Colombia ends controversial use of glyphosate
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced on 9 May the definitive suspension of aerial crop spraying with glyphosate. Santos heeded a warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) that glyphosate could cause cancer. The announcement triggered a spat between the health ministry and the prosecutor general, Alejandro Ordóñez, who said that it would lead to “the definitive dismantlement of [Colombia’s] anti-drug policy”, and questioned the timing of the decision amid peace talks with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) in Cuba.
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