WHO / IARC: glyphosate itself is the cancer and genotoxicity problem

The Ecologist
Mar 11, 2016, 10:16 am339 pts
With industry spinning that glyphosate is harmful to health, if at all, only with co-formulants like tallowamine, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency IARC has just released a Q&A document (below) stating that 'pure' glyphosate poses similar cancer and genotoxicity risks as its formulations. Banning…

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