Do you believe the EPA? Do you trust their science? I don't.Despite an abundance of evidence linking glyphostate with endocrine disruption and all the resulting diseases, the so called Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, says glyphosate is not an EDC.AGProfessional
By Monsanto July 08, 2015 | 7:01 am EDT
This has been a difficult couple of months for glyphosate following the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) recent classification of glyphosate as a group 2A “probable carcinogen”. Now, though, we’ve got the formal confirmation of something we knew all along: glyphosate doesn’t pose any threat to the endocrine system.
"We've got the "formal confirmation". What interesting language! Not the evidence. Not the conclusive evidence. No the "formal confirmation" of what 'we' (Monsanto) has known and claimed all along. Talk about manipulative language!
Since 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been reviewing the test orders (requests for data) of several widely used herbicides and pesticides, including glyphosate, as part of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can interfere with hormone systems and cause adverse developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune effects in mammals. Glyphosate was included in the programme purely because of its extensive use and therefore high exposure potential, not because it was deemed to be particularly hazardous.
The EPA has been reviewing 'test orders' requests for data. Who provided the data? It's not stated. So obviously the petro chemical companies provided the data
On 29 June, the EPA released a memorandum concluding that “glyphosate demonstrates no convincing evidence of potential interaction with estrogen, androgen or thyroid pathways in mammals.” It also said that the next level of testing “is not recommended for glyphosate since there was no convincing evidence of potential interaction with estrogen, androgen or thyroid pathways.” In short, glyphosate doesn’t pose any threat to the endocrine system.This is reassuring news for the millions of farmers around the world who use glyphosate-based products to control weeds in their fields and protect their harvests. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the world’s best selling weed killer, is currently up for its routine, 10-year renewal by the European Union. The review has made glyphosate a target of anti-pesticide activists worldwide and the subject of many a negative social media campaign.
At Monsanto, we are committed to providing farmers, regulators and consumers with regular updates on glyphosate safety and benefits research. We know our products present no unacceptable risks when used in accordance with instructions, while they do offer farmers and society significant value. The EPA’s finding provides a factual, science-based response to all the unscientific nonsense about glyphosate that seems to dominate social media.
Monsanto is reassuring us their product is safe. They provided the data and the EPA rubber stamped it. Scientism at it's finest- Corporate cronyism on full display.Two Chemical Manipulation of Humanity posts from earlier today!