READ! Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri set to confirm Whether Roundup-Herbicide Causes Cancer

Cancer is the leading cause of death across the globe. For years now, researchers have led meticulous studies focused on how to stop this deadly disease in its tracks.

Writing a letter to the Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri, the Cabinet secretary in the ministry of health Sicily Kariuki has instructed the ministries lawyers to inquire about Roundup herbicide causing cancer from the Ministry of Agriculture.

The letter from the Ministry of health sort to find out whether it was necessary to place cancer warning on foods containing glyphosate.

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The Roundup herbicide is said to contain glyphosate which is said to cause cancer. The herbicide is already widely used in the country by farmers to get rid of weeds.

This comes after a court in San Francisco in the USA found that a man had develop cancer from exposure to Roundup weedkiller he used in his yard.

This  this is second case to go to trial over the alleged harms of the Roundup pesticide. Last year there were mass protests in Europe over the extension of the glyphosate. They argued that scientists had established that the chemical was carcinogenic

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