For the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), glyphosate is still not a potential carcinogen. In a new opinion issued on Monday 30 May, ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) maintains glyphosate’s current classification as causing serious eye damage and being toxic to aquatic life, but again concludes, after reviewing the scientific evidence, that the classification of glyphosate as a carcinogen is not justified.
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in a highly controversial pesticide,...