Campaigners call for ban on use of weedkiller glyphosate at harvest time

"To say that it's essential to the growing of wheat, I'm afraid, is... not true."

— Guy Singh-Watson , Activist

"If I don't use glyphosate to ripen the standing crop before harvest, I have to use more diesel to burn, to dry the crop."

— Dave Bell , Activist

"The chemical was an 'essential tool for our farmers and growers' that can be used on cereals 'to make harvesting easier, to control weeds, and reduce disease, and help...'."

— Paul Tompkins , Executive

"The UK’s glyphosate addiction has spiralled out of control."

— Nick Mole , Activist

"As with most things, essentially, the more you’re exposed, the more concern there is."

— Wayne Carter , Academic

"This executive order is a slap in the face to the thousands of Americans who have gotten cancer from glyphosate."

— Cory Booker , Politician

"Glyphosate and other pesticides don’t belong on our food or in our children’s bodies."

— Nancy Mace , Politician

"the study was widely criticized within the scientific community for using too few animals and using a type of rat prone to spontaneous tumours."

— Gilles-Éric Séralini , Academic