The Austrian Parliament, leading the European countries on July 2, adopted the "prevention-based principle" to completely ban totally of using the herbicide Glyphosate, which is considered by the WHO to be carcinogenic, but the EU still allows it to December 2022.
According to AFP (Agence France-Presse), the ban was proposed by the Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and had been debated for several weeks. Although there was protestation from those who believed that it was against EU law. But it was finally supported by the Austrian Liberal Party (FPÖ) and other members of parliament. So that The ban was passed on July 2.
WHO listed this herbicide as a "possible carcinogen" in 2015. Since the US Monsanto company holds the patent for the Glyphosate component expires in 2000, This ingredient enters the public domain and is commonly used in various brands, for example, the herbicide Roundup manufactured by Monsanto.
