New Paper Undercuts EPA Assurance of Glyphosate Safety

A new scientific meta-analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides published online Sunday, Feb. 10, found that individuals with high exposures to the herbicides have a 41% increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The findings by five U.S. scientists run counter to an assessment by the U.S. EPA that found no cancer concerns.

Interestingly, the paper is published in the journal Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research, whose editor in chief is EPA toxicologist David DeMarini. Three of the study authors were members of the EPA’s scientific advisory panel on glyphosate who have stated publicly that the EPA failed to follow proper scientific practices in its glyphosate assessment. 
 
Insectageddon: In the first global scientific review of insect declines, researchers reported that over 40% of insect species are threatened with extinction. The main drivers: habitat loss due to intensive agriculture, and heavy pesticide use. See coverage in The Guardian, Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature,’ and op-ed, Politicians are complicit in the killing of our insects – we will be next.