Germany will back a proposal by the European Union that will allow the continued use of glyphosate in weed killers. Germany’s agriculture ministry said this week it agrees with the assessment of the European Food Safety Authority, which issued an opinion that glyphosate was unlikely to cause cancer, according to Reuters. Glyphosate is used in many herbicides, including Monsanto’s Roundup, but has provoked a dispute after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer claimed the weed killer was “probably carcinogenic to humans.” The EU last month delayed a decision on whether to approve a European Commission proposal to extend the authorization of glyphosate for 15 years until 2031. The existing authorization is due to lapse in June.