"Glyphosate Unlikely To Pose Risk To Humans, UN/WHO Study Says"

"Chemical used in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller ‘unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk from exposure through diet’".

"Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller brand, has been given a clean bill of health by the UN’s joint meeting on pesticides residues (JMPR), two days before a crunch EU vote on whether to relicense it.

The co-analysis by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation found that the chemical was “unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet”.

This finding flatly contradicts an assessment by the WHO’s cancer agency last year that the herbicide solution was “probably carcinogenic to humans”."

Arthur Neslen reports for the Guardian May 16, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Farmers Sue Monsanto Over Alleged Roundup Cancer Link" (Lincoln Journal Star)

"Weedkiller Debate Rages On With Europe To Vote This Week" (Politico)