The NGO HEAL (Health and Environment) published on Wednesday 8 June a new report compiling the scientific evidence on the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate, which it deplores having been discarded in the ongoing re-evaluation process of a highly controversial pesticide active substance.
While the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has maintained the current classification of the active substance glyphosate (see EUROPE B12962A12), HEAL warns that “failure to recognise the substance’s...