Premier ready to ban glyphosate if link found to mystery brain illness [Video]

Premier Susan Holt says her government would be willing to ban the herbicide glyphosate if a new investigation finds a link to the purported mystery brain illness that a Moncton neurologist says he is tracking.

The province has launched a new investigation into the hundreds of cases, saying the symptoms have sparked fear among many New Brunswickers that needs to be addressed.

“New Brunswickers are afraid about what glyphosate might do, and the mysterious neurological illness has given them reason to be more afraid,” Holt said in a year-end interview with CBC News.

“So we have to make sure that we know exactly what that chemical is doing, and where and when.”

If a link is found, “then we need to eliminate that exposure for New Brunswickers.” 

But Holt emphasized the idea was hypothetical because “we don’t have good science to tell us that that is what’s making New Brunswickers …