{"id":199797,"date":"2015-11-13T00:04:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T00:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=199797"},"modified":"2015-11-13T00:04:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T00:04:59","slug":"european-agency-says-monsantos-flagship-product-not-likely-carcinogenic-based-flawed-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/european-agency-says-monsantos-flagship-product-not-likely-carcinogenic-based-flawed-science\/","title":{"rendered":"European Agency Says Monsanto\u2019s Flagship Product Is Not ‘Likely’ Carcinogenic Based on Flawed Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the European Union\u2019s approval of glyphosate set to expire at the end of the year, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) today announced its determination that the herbicide glyphosate isn\u2019t \u201clikely\u201d carcinogenic. This announcement comes in direct contrast with findings released earlier this year<\/a> from the esteemed International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which concluded that glyphosate \u2013 the active ingredient in Monsanto\u2019s RoundUp \u2013 is a probable carcinogen.<\/p>\n

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RoundUp is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the EU and around the world. In the U.S., more than 500 million additional pounds<\/a> of glyphosate and other herbicides have been used on farmland since the introduction of Monsanto\u2019s signature \u201cRoundUp Ready\u201d corn and soy crops.<\/p>\n

Analysis<\/a> of the EFSA conclusion by Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Germany pointed out the use of \u201chistorical control data\u201d to inappropriately dismiss significant differences in related studies. PAN North America joins PAN Germany, PAN Europe and other allies is calling on EFSA to re-evaluate the carcinogenic properties of glyphosate following proper protocol.<\/p>\n

Emily Marquez, PhD, staff scientist at PAN said this about EFSA\u2019s announcement today:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process of EFSA arriving at this conclusion is not clear \u2013 and challenges global scientific consensus that glyphosate poses a threat to human health. In the interests of transparency, the EFSA needs to clarify the reasons for using \u2018historical control data\u2019 to dismiss evidence that indicates significantly elevated incidences of tumors.<\/p>\n

If historical control data had not been used, would EFSA\u2019s conclusion have been different? Standard guidelines for chemical assessment stress that control groups within individual experiments are the most important consideration, not historical control data. This is where EFSA went wrong.<\/p>\n

In contrast with EFSA, the International Agency for Research on Cancer considers groups of related chemicals, which accounts for the potential effects of inert and active ingredients. As exposure to glyphosate always occurs in the context of exposure to manufacturer formulations, IARC\u2019s conclusions address real-world conditions under which exposure occurs. EFSA acknowledged the validity of the IARC analysis regarding glyphosate’s carcinogenicity, and yet still concluded that \u2018no hazard classification for carcinogenicity is warranted for glyphosate\u2019 \u2013 without sufficiently supporting that determination.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)<\/a>.\u00a0This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the European Union\u2019s approval of glyphosate set to expire at the end of the year, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) today announced its determination that the herbicide glyphosate isn\u2019t \u201clikely\u201d carcinogenic. This announcement comes in direct contrast with findings released earlier this year from the esteemed International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-199797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}