Post by timberdoodle on Aug 11, 2016 20:59:29 GMT -5
www.nationalreview.com/article/438883/epa-herbicide-ban-ddt
Nearly a half-century later, science is still a four-letter word at the EPA, and politics prevails. The agency continues to withhold a report completed by its cancer review committee last October that concluded that glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, is not carcinogenic to humans. Glyphosate is the new DDT. This common weed killer is in the political crosshairs of so-called environmentalists even though it is safely and effectively used by millions of farmers in dozens of countries. Nearly every scientific organization and regulatory agency confirms that glyphosate poses no threat to human health. But environmental activists dislike it for two reasons, both ideological: It was developed by their favorite bogeyman, Monsanto (although it is now manufactured by other companies as well) and it’s used on genetically engineered crops, which the green groups also oppose. So these activists want glyphosate restricted, if not banned altogether. And after the cancer agency of the World Health Organization classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen last year – a flawed conclusion that nonetheless fuels the anti-glyphosate movement — the EPA launched its own review.
Read more at: www.nationalreview.com/article/438883/epa-herbicide-ban-ddt
