WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer Documents

Re:WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer D... by shapiromatron on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:29PM (#12799100)

Here's the link to the WHO report: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol112/index.php

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Re:WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer D... by count_zero on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:02PM (#12799412)

Thanks for the link. From the summary of findings on page 78: "Glyphosate is probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A)."

From page 22 of the preamble: the category Group 2A "is used when there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans and sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals".

http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol112/mono112-F06....

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Re:WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer D... by searine on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:16PM (#12799526)

Also :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IARC_Group_2A_carcinog...

Something may also be classified as 2A when "Exceptionally, an agent may be classified in this group solely on the basis of limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans." Which I think Glyphosate falls into.

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Re:WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer D... by M_Grey on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:07PM (#12801562)

Thanks very much!

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