EPA Says Glyphosate Not Likely To Cause Cancer

The EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs released a paper in which it says glyphosate is not likely to cause cancer.

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EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs has proposed classification that glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans at doses relevant for human health risk assessment.

This follows a joint meeting of the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) experts on pesticide residues earlier this year who glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide, is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans through exposure to glyphosate-treated crops.

A Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) from the EPA will hold a meeting on the “Carcinogenic Potential of Glyphosate” Oct. 18-21 in Arlington, VA.

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