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Related: About this forumThe EPA says glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, doesn't cause cancer. Others aren't so sure
Source: CNN
The EPA says glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, doesn't cause cancer. Others aren't so sure
By Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 0939 GMT (1739 HKT) May 3, 2019
(CNN) The fierce debate over whether glyphosate can cause cancer just got a big endorsement of safety from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
"EPA continues to find that there are no risks to public health when glyphosate is used in accordance with its current label and that glyphosate is not a carcinogen," the agency said Tuesday.
The announcement comes after two high-profile court cases in which cancer patients claimed Roundup, a popular weedkiller containing glyphosate, caused their non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
In both cases, jurors sided with the patients and said Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, should pay them tens of millions of dollars in damages.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/01/health/epa-says-glyphosate-is-safe/index.html
watoos
(7,142 posts)in France I think, just win a court case for millions of dollars from getting cancer from exposure to glyphosate?
Oops, I didn't read the last 2 paragraphs, sorry.
procon
(15,805 posts)Trump picked Wheeler because he will do as he's told to continue undermining heath and safety regs for the polluting industries.
If he could say "clean coal" with a straight face, he should be right at home promoting toxic carcinogens over human life.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)your health does not count. Billions of dollars are sloshing around the Agra-Business Lobbying Shops just looking for a Politician that will bastard themselves at any price.
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)If you have money, you too can release a toxic product. Just remember to grease a few greasy palms along the way! Easy peasy.
ROB-ROX
(767 posts)This stuff KILLS. The way it kills is no secret. This stuff should only be used it the person is in a rubber suit with filtered air.