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Monday, May 25, 2015

Glyphosate ban praised (1)




President praised for taking bold step to ban glyphosate
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=125352
Posted by Green Movement of Sri Lanka at 9:04 AM
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