A new stuck says that banning the herbicide glyphosate would raise ticket prices and increase risks to trains. (Reuters photo)LONDON: British travellers could face higher train fares and disruption to services if controversial weedkiller glyphosate is banned, a study said on Tuesday, in a move that could cost the rail industry millions of pounds each year. A European Union regulatory committee is to meet on Wednesday to discuss the future of the weedkiller, which is especially popular under the trade name Roundup. “If that’s met through ticket price increases... that represents a 0.9% increase to the average fare,” Pete Collings, lead economist at Oxford Economics, told Reuters. Manual de-weeding could impact train schedules, the study said, and the prospect of more weeds on Britain’s tracks could hinder cameras aboard trains, which can spot rail defects.

Source: Bangkok Post October 24, 2017 22:18 UTC