‘Ban this hazardous herbicide’


GEORGE TOWN: Sri Lanka has banned the use of the herbicide glyphosate, and Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) wants Malaysia to follow suit.

CAP president S.M. Mohamed Idris decried the use of the chemical and called on the Malaysian Government to ban it.

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