ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are celebrating after a council suspended the use of a type of weed killer said to be toxic.Erewash Borough Council has stopped using glyphosate weedkillers containing polyethoxylated tallow amines (POEA), or tallow, which, some evidence suggests, is toxic to human cells and amphibious wildlife.The council said that, while glyphosate weedkillers were still permitted for use in the UK, it had concerns over products with the tallow element in them.Tallow is a surfactant,...
