Glyphosate is used in large quantities in agriculture to combat weeds. This will remain the case in the EU. Environmental associations and the scientific community have criticized the product. But .
Glyphosate will be renewed for another 10 years in the European Union after member states could not reach the required majority to reauthorize use of the chemical, the active ingredient in Roundup.
Representatives from EU governments will discuss and vote on the European Commission's proposal to renew the glyphosate's market license for another ten years this week. But it remains unclear if there is a majority to approve the renewal.