Kenya horticulture exports at risk on herbicide link to cancer

Dr Alfred Serem. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s bid to expand its horticultural market in the US faces uncertainty following a move by the US to list a common herbicide commonly used by farmers as cancerous.

The US state of California will list Roundup on July 7 as one of the chemicals that causes cancer, a move that might subject Kenya’s produce destined to the country to high scrutiny to detect the presence of glyphosate, which is an active ingredient in the herbicide.

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