on around half of fields used to raise commercial crops many critics demand a ban on blind side. activists began applying pressure in brussels at the beginning of the wake. the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization has found that life as it causes cancer in animals and probably also in humans means that there's an urgent need for action studies don't agree on with the glaive aside as a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemicals harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by glaive a site manufacturer of monsanto grains in the european parliament say that's not acceptable that we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry and then we have to finally end this thing with life aside there is a standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. that are off by standard farming methods or sling means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban the use of herbicide directly before the harvest conservative m.-e. pays disagree with the green