Did the EFSA Oppose IARC Glyphosate Report Before it Was Published?

Share This Item Los Angeles, California — U.S. law firms representing victims harmed by Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer published new court documents in late October showing the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) may have decided to oppose the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) conclusion on glyphosate before the IARC report was published. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup. In March of 2015, IARC concluded that glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen. In the months that followed, EFSA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) issued reports that reached different conclusions on glyphosate—both agencies found no evidence for carcinogenicity. However, the latest documents show that EFSA may have decided to oppose IARC’s conclusion before IARC had published the data it relied upon to reach its conclusion. This raises an important question: how could the EFSA oppose IARC regarding a report…

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