‘Ban herbicides that contain glyphosate’

Mohamed Idris explaining the ill effects of glyphosate-based herbicides at the CAP office in Jalan Masjid Negeri, George Town.

CONSUMERS Association of Penang (CAP) has renewed its call for the ban of glyphosate-based herbicides, which is linked to kidney failure.

Its president S.M. Mohamed Idris said Sri Lanka and El Salvador have banned glyphosate after a recent study linked the herbicide to Fatal Chronic Kidney Disease (CKDu).