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> In 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) carried out a hazard assessment of glyphosate and concluded that it did not meet the scientific criteria to be c
by pkaye 2y ago
> In 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) carried out a hazard assessment of glyphosate and concluded that it did not meet the scientific criteria to be classified as a carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substance. EFSA used ECHA’s hazard classification for the purposes of the EU risk assessment on glyphosate.
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/glyphosate-no-critical-areas-concern-data-gaps-identified https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/glyphosate-no-critical-ar...
- josefx 2y agoAssessments by EFSA/ECHA are mainly based on studies and reports collected by the manufacturers. They rely in those being complete and honest. Monsantos internal email correspondence was rather explicit on how they would rather reach out to their contacts and kill any study they did not approve of before it could become problematic.