France rejected the EU Commission's five-year extension to the license for weed-killer glyphosate. France seeks an extension that does not exceed four years. The five-year extension was a compromise after a ten-year extension was previously rejected. Europe has been split over the chemical, a key ingredient in Monsanto Co’s top-selling weed-killer Roundup, after the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency concluded in March 2015 it was a substance that probably causes cancer. For the full story see http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-eu-health-glyphosate-france/france-rej…; see also https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-health-glyphosate-france/france-r….