Correa contends that the fumigation using glyphosate is unacceptable because it kills legal crops on the Ecuadorean side of the border and has been blamed for causing health problems.
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Mark Souder is one of four Congress members to have sent a letter requesting $150m in additional military aid, for new equipment to set up a drug eradication base.
Mr Souder rebuffs concerns about the effects of glyphosate on people and the environment.
“Scientifically, there is no risk,” he says. “Emotionally it bothers people.”
