Nearing end of review, EPA finds no risk to human health from glyphosate

Glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world, poses no threat to human health when used as directed and is unlikely to cause cancer, said the EPA in an interim decision on Thursday. Environmentalists denounced the decision as faulty. Glyphosate maker Bayer, facing thousands of lawsuits alleging the weedkiller is carcinogenic, has maintained that… » Read More

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