On December 8, 2017,
I published an article:
"The Fake Science
demonizing
Roundup herbicide"
Ten days later the EPA
once again confirmed
that I was right.
Of course I had read their
similar "Obama EPA" report
from 2016, so I already
knew the answer !
A revised Obama-era EPA report
(the new Trump version did not
change the conclusion),
was released
December 18, 2017,
and only included
a few more studies
that don’t alter the
2016 "Obama EPA"
conclusions.
On September 12, 2016,
the EPA had issued
the first version
of their glyphosate report,
at the link below:
On December 18, 2017,
the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
issued a paper titled:
“Revised Glyphosate Issue Paper:
Evaluation of Carcinogenic Potential”
as part of a larger release
of its latest findings
on glyphosate,
the main active ingredient
in the world’s most used,
and safe, weed killer,
Monsanto’s Roundup.
The reaction of the American press
on the 2017 EPA report
was almost complete silence.
When 300 million pounds
of glyphosate
are used each year
in the US,
one has to be sure
of its safety.
From the glyphosate.eu website:
“Glyphosate has undergone
“Glyphosate has undergone
more thorough toxicological testing
than almost any other active
substance used in pesticides.
As part of the latest risk assessment,
the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) and the
German Federal Institute
for Risk Assessment (BfR)
evaluated more than 3,000 studies.
They found no indications
of nerve damage
or of carcinogenic
or mutagenic properties.
Nor is glyphosate associated
with reproductive toxicity.
The public had been concerned,
among other things,
by a classification of glyphosate
as a “probable carcinogen”
(category 2A) by the IARC,
the WHO’s cancer research agency.
However, the IARC
does not look at actual risks
to consumers, but at
theoretical considerations.
It does not consider
how the assessed substances
are handled, or look at
actual exposure to them
in everyday life.
This explains why the same body
has classified sausages and sawdust
as “carcinogens” (category 1A).”