17/07/2026
Tonight’s ITV Meridian Local News segment following our weeding event on Tuesday, with the support of and all the amazing volunteers who came out to help.
You can still help prevent KCC spraying toxic glyphosate by tackling weeds on pavements and kerbside. The cliff path at Walpole needs doing! Let’s all do our bit!
And in response to KCC’s misleading statement in the segment. Many councils will tell you that the EU and UK government say that glyphosate is safe. In fact….
In November 2017, EU Member States narrowly voted to relicense glyphosate for five years. Many have chosen to misinterpret this decision as a declaration that glyphosate is ‘safe’. However, due to concerns over its human health and environmental impacts, glyphosate was in fact relicensed with the condition that Member States “Minimise the use in public spaces, such as parks, public playgrounds and gardens.” This has unfortunately been ignored by the UK government and many local councils.
Despite the EU decision, many countries remain deeply concerned that glyphosate is harming human health and the environment. As a result, it has already been banned from use in urban areas in France, Luxemburg, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, with Germany committing to a total ban (including in farming) by 2024.
Text from the Glyphosate Mythbuster - read more here:-
https://issuu.com/pan-uk/docs/a_guide_to_lobbying_against_glyphos/3?ff
