article_snippet: A weedkiller used in millions of gardens has been identified as a potential cancer risk.
article_snippet: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) asked a group of 17 international scientists to decide whether glyphosate posed a risk to humans.
article_snippet: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared that the chemical, which is the world’s most widely used weedkiller, is a ‘probable human carcinogen’.
article_snippet: Use of the chemical has soared in the past decade, and Use of the chemical has been found in water and food on the shelves in the UK, including bread and cereal bars.
article_snippet: The IARC report points out that 750 products contain glyphosate, and The IARC report use has increased sharply with the development of GM glyphosate-resistant crop varieties.
article_snippet: The research concluded that there was evidence that glyphosate can cause tumours in mice and rats in laboratory experiments – and could cause DNA damage to human cells.
article_snippet: Dr Blair said concern is growing about glyphosate.
article_snippet: Is there evidence that glyphosate causes cancer?” and the answer is “probably”.
article_snippet: The firm’s head of global regulatory affairs Philip Miller pointed to a four-year evaluation of glyphosate which was carried out for the EU by the German government, and concluded that the chemical was ‘unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk in humans’.
article_snippet: The warning has triggered calls for food watchdogs in the EU to investigate whether food watchdogs in the EU will now need to impose controls on glyphosate.
article_snippet: ‘Home gardeners especially should exercise the utmost care when Home gardeners use weedkillers that contain glyphosate.
highlights_snippet: Chemical  used in weedkiller is a 'probable human carcinogen', experts say .
  