World Health Organization Report Contradicts Scientific Findings On Glyphosate
March 23, 2015 A new report from the World Health Organization has classified glyphosate with a “2A” rating as a probable carcinogen, a finding that goes against both long-standing and recent scientific research conducted in the United States and Germany.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, assessed the carcinogenicity of five organophosphate pesticides and published a summary of their findings in The Lancet Oncology journal.
John Combest, spokesman for Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, told Farm Chemicals International, “Glyphosate has a 40-year history of safe use and is supported by one of the most extensive worldwide human health databases ever compiled on an ag product.” Combest added that regulators continue to find there is no evidence of carcinogenicity based on risk assessments by countries including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and most recently the German BfR on behalf of the European Union.
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