Will using weedkiller give me cancer?


A farmer spraying his crop of grapes with weedkiller. — AFP

I have been reading about some litigation cases recently in the United States about some herbicides allegedly causing a man to have cancer. Now I want to know the truth, rather than Facebook rumours, so what exactly is a herbicide?

A herbicide is a chemical compound that is used to kill unwanted plants like weeds.

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